Re: [tdf-discuss] Referencing systems and bibliographies in LO

LJelly,

I don't think this is the right list, but then I'm not sure what list
you should post on either :-)
Are you asking a technical/development question, are you proposing a set
of (future) patches? If yes, I think you should post on our development
mailing list.
If you're outlining ideas, perhaps you could edit our wiki?

best,
Charles.

Le vendredi 13 juillet 2012 à 10:03 +1000, lj a écrit :
> If this is is in the wrong place please notify immediately of where I can
> post this in the right spot!
>
> Libreoffice, Academics, Developers.
> Referencing Systems and making a bibliography:
> Discussion Post on Referencing Systems:
> Contributing Email = Long Email Post a lot of information to discuss: It
> took a long time to think of questions and statements that are helpful.
> I am a high school  student that uses LO. I have never had the need to use
> the LO OO referencing system extensively in assessments or work since I
> started using OpenOffice in 2007 on Ubuntu, and recently LO until I tried
> to use it today just to explore its features and to have a better
> understanding of referencing systems on LO and Word. It has never occurred
> to me to use the  bibliographic database system in LO, because i always
> found the database integration complex. I am familiar with the Libreoffice
> Openoffice application environments.
>
>
> I have a few questions to ask about bibliographic referencing in
> Libreoffice: (some of these questions and statements are obvious and easy
> to answer others may not be relevant.
> Please reply with reasons and answers for disscussion about the referencing
> system:
>
> Opinionated Statements from my perspective: (these do not have to be
> answered, as its my opinion.)
> 1.  The bibliographic referencing system is complex and difficult to use by
> default. I found it time consuming  to insert citations and a bibliography.
> 2. little documentation has been made about the bibliographic referencing
> system in LO. I  read the help documentation and wiki online, and have
> viewed a youtube video about bibliography referencing in Libreoffice, it is
> vastly minimal but then is complex to use the referencing system and to
> follow the direct steps!
> 3. compatability does not work between Microsoft Office and Libreoffice
> with the usage of both referencing systems from either word or libreoffice,
> features are excluded or do not work. (I can ellaborate on these if needed
> to be posted)
> 4. Recent versions of Microsoft Office since 2007 have tried to create
> uncomplex versions of referencing and bibliographic citations. These
> systems work, but are still limited.
> 5. LO should create a new referencing system.
>
> Questions about referencing in LO: Not in any order.
>
> 1.  Does the referencing system in LO take up a lot of space. example: if i
> removed the bibliographic database and bibliographic referencing systems
>  in libreoffice would it be smaller as an install and download?
> 2. Why do Academics and Students use bibliographic systems to reference
> there work?
> 3. What is the easiest common method to insert a bibliography in LO?
> 4.  Why do LO and Microsoft Word use different referencing systems? How can
> they be more compatible?
> 5.  Do referencing systems in both LO or Word need to be improved?
> 6.  Why is it complex to insert a citation and bibliography?
> 7. Do you agree with my statements why or why not?
> 8. out of curiosity: how was referencing done in Microsoft Office 2002 2003
> and earlier versions? does any one know? (brief explanation)
>
> These Questions and Statements is to enable discussion on referencing in LO
> on all platforms and Microsft Word for mac and windows.
>
> ljelly.


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