I'm a developer on refdb (http://refdb.sourceforge.net/), which is not aimed at medievalists, per se, but is powerful and outputs in a variety of formats. "Cite-as-you-write" is still a bit weak (though it works well in XML). Because the outputs are XSL determined, problems like you discuss with eds. and commas are easily fixable.

It is a server based program.


-----Original Message-----
From: dm-l-bounces@uleth.ca on behalf of Toufexis Notis
Sent: Wed 28/11/2007 13:53
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Subject: Re: [dm-l] Bibliographical software for medievalists

Ever tried zotero? Available at http://www.zotero.org/ it lives as a 
Firefox extension. It's note as versatile as a dedicated 
bibliographical software but can do more then that and can prove 
valuable as an overall research tool.

I am also using jabref (http://jabref.sourceforge.net/), written in 
Java, open source and BibTex based. It's not exactly user friendly but 
quite powerful.

Best,
Notis


On 28 Nov 2007, at 20:42, Peter Baker wrote:

> I'm wondering what bibliographical software people on this list are 
> using. Last time I needed such software I used BibTeX, despite 
> certain significant lacks. Now BibLaTeX looks very good. But with my 
> last venture my publisher got kinda cranky about getting files in 
> LaTeX, so I'm hesitant to go that route again.
>
> I've been using the Mellel word processor because of its nice 
> typography, sensibly structured files and pleasant interface. I got 
> Bookends to go with it for bibliographical management, but I find it 
> shockingly bad--introducing stray commas in bib entries and doing 
> crazy stuff like rendering authors' names as "Smith, John" but 
> editors' names (when there is no author) as "John Smith." Unless I 
> just haven't figured out how to use it, I think it quite unusable.
>
> So: what are the tech-savvy people on this list doing about 
> bibliographical management? As medievalists we need software that 
> handles edited books (with or without authors' names) gracefully, 
> can handle translations, and can help with the complicated 
> bibliographical situations we sometimes face in series like CCSL. It 
> would be nice if it could produce a two-part bibliography ("primary 
> works"/"secondary works"). For my own purposes, it would be nice if 
> it ran on both the Mac and Linux, but I'd settle for Mac-only 
> software if it would just work properly.
>
> Peter Baker
>
>
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