Re: Not a problem, Just curious

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2 total messages Started by Avi Rappoport Thu, 20 May 1993 17:53

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Author: Avi Rappoport
Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 17:53

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> Is there anyway of reclaiming the use of the
> numbers (sequence numbers in EndNote) for which references have
> been deleted and will remain deleted?

The basic assumption of EndNote is that a reference has a unique number in a
library (and that you will only use one library).  This makes each reference
unique, even when an author writes several articles in the same year.

Given this, we don't want to reuse the number, because it's possible to type
in a new reference with the same author and year, but a different title!

So for these purposes, please don't worry about the numbers: you can delete
thousands of references without messing up the record numbers.

Yours,

Avi Rappoport
Niles & Associates, Inc.

Re: Not a problem, Just curious

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Author: Robert Bowdidge
Date: Fri, 21 May 1993 05:20

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In article <199305201753.AA27909@well.sf.ca.us> nilesinc@WELL.SF.CA.US (Avi Rappoport) writes:
>> Is there anyway of reclaiming the use of the
>> numbers (sequence numbers in EndNote) for which references have
>> been deleted and will remain deleted?
>The basic assumption of EndNote is that a reference has a unique number in a
>library (and that you will only use one library).  This makes each reference
>unique, even when an author writes several articles in the same year.

I assume the reason why so many people want to reuse these numbers is so they
can file their papers numerically.  (Why?  I don't know.  I like alphabetical,
or alphabetical/subject, myself.  Easier to find things without referring
to the computer.)  

Perhaps EndNote should not make such numbers visible to keep the
temptation down.  For example it could use random text strings as the
article identifiers.  For example, [Bowdidge 1992 #AbOzOR0nraYGn].  Of
course, then we could add a new "paper #" field to each paper so that
the numerically-filing folks could store papers in their favorite
format.

Don't forget to check for obscenities in the random string generator, though.
:-)

-- Robert

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