Re: Importing References from Untagged Text Files

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1 total messages Started by Avi Rappoport Mon, 11 Oct 1993 18:24

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Author: Avi Rappoport
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 18:24

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>I don't think any current bibliography software does this right now, but
>they will eventually, and the first one that does is going to enjoy a huge
>advantage over its competitors.

>It's just the reverse of what EndNote does already, isn't it?!?! Why should
>it be so hard?

Formatting from discrete database fields is fairly easy: taking apart
variable data such as a formatted bibliography is much more difficult.  This
is a case where human pattern-matching is far superior to computers.  We
have a hard enough time programming EndLink to import files with tags and
regular formats -- bibliographies are much harder.

We are investigating the possibility of using artificial intelligence for
this task, and will let you know as soon as we have something working.

Yours,

Avi

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Avi Rappoport
Niles & Associates, Inc.  2000 Hearst, Berkeley CA 94790
nilesinc@well.sf.ca.us    (510) 649-8176, fax +1 510 649-8179

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