> 1. org-zotero.el > > This permits insertion of zotero reference links *only* and > opening them with a browser. > > Specifically I don't see the translator of these links to > individual backends like latex, html or more importantly ODT. > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (org-add-link-type TYPE &optional FOLLOW EXPORT) > #+end_src > > 2. zotero.el > > This (apparently) permits download of data from firefox and > importing it within Emacs. I think I now have some understanding of what Erik's library does[1]. It creates a bibliographic entry (as in Footnotes) using Quick Copy. It doesn not create a footnote reference. One can use the Firefox Zotero and see how Quick Copy works with both RTF and HTML formats[2]. [Question to Erik: Can one not use "Copy from Clipboard" from elisp instead of going the mozrepl route to create a biblio.text] Instead of working with JS libraries, I think the right starting point would be to work with the underlying zotero.sqlite database itself. It is not difficult to get a key of the selected item in Zotero pane[3]. Once this is done the underlying zotero.sqlite database could be queried for the item properties[4]. Fortunately there is already a GUI/Command line tool - Gnotero[5] -for accessing the sqlite database. As for exploiting the power of using zotero within libreoffice - which is to have the same citation presented in different citation styles - one need to look at how the reference marks are produced within OpenDocument XML. Here is a typical reference mark for an item with local zotero URL[6]: zotero://report/items/579241_E7232HE2/html/report.html LIBRARY=>579241 KEY=>E7232HE2 #+begin_src nxml Crew, “Alltagsgeschichte.” #+end_src nxml One can see the following components: 1. ZOTERO_ITEM 2. citationID and citationItems - The citationItem has the following Zotero URI: http://zotero.org/groups/51961/items/E7232HE2 GROUP=>51961 KEY=>E7232HE2 Note that the keys for the entry are the same on both the local zotero store and the global zotero URI. 3. RNDB7mi3QiueI - This is a cookie entered by Zotero which maps the citation entry to an entry in the zotero database. Note that it starts with RND. This is what is called as a "FieldCode" in zotero parlance. Note: Have you seen the "Remove Field Codes" in Zotero menu within ODT document. Once you remove the field codes the document becomes a simple ODT document and one would no longer be able to move between different citation styles. In essence, "Field Code" is the MAGIC WAND that zotero uses. From my little research, I can say with confidence that global zotero URIs and the above mentioned reference marks are *very* recent developments. Exercising the MAGIC WAND within ODT exporter requires diving in to zotero server inner workings - which is non-trivial as Erik notes - but would also be futile (as in chasing a shifting sand) I believe the best course would be to do convention/static footnoting with the simplest of Chicago styles using a choice of entry types like Article, Journal, Book or a Website. Proposal for Org+Zotero integration =================================== An org document like this --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #+begin_src org * Headline This is a footnote reference[1] Footnotes: [1] zotero://report/items/579241_E7232HE2/html/report.html #+end_src org --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- will be transformed to this on ODT export --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #+begin_odt * Headline This is a footnote reference[1] Bibliography: 1. David F. Crew, “Alltagsgeschichte: A New Social History ‘From below’?,” Central European History 22, no. 3/4 (1989): 394-407. #+end_odt --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Note that the footnote link is an org stlye link captured with org-protocol and has both a LIBRARY_ID and KEY_ID. The bibliography entry will be generated by "exporting" zotero link to the required format using a variation of gnotero. The "following/opening" of zotero link will be done by mapping the local zotero link to http://zotero.org-based URI (again) using gnotero. I see that there is a need for bib2odt in much the same way as there is a bib2html. Can someone post an example of Org file which would use BibTex for post-processing (either to HTML or LaTeX) The ODT exporter can also emulate what other backend does. ps: This mail is more of a note to self or a note to any future hackers. I am not certain I will be able to hack gnotero and have it integrate with Emacs - but for a whimsical and a bored hacker like nothing can be said with certainty. Btw, gnotero is good. Not sure how usable it is though ... Jambunathan K. Footnotes: [1] With Mozrepl 1.1 beta2 on Firefox 3.6.23, I am unable to make org-zotero.el work. It hangs and I have to C-g out (Christian! you are not alone). I am able to get as far as creating the LIBRARY_KEY for the selected item in the zotero pane and not further. [2] Quick Copy: http://www.zotero.org/support/creating_bibliographies [3] For producing ITEM keys: One could use zotero.el or simply "Right Click" on an item and do a "Generate Report from Selected Item". The resulting url in firefox could be captured using org-protocol and imported in to the org buffer. A typical URL looks like this: zotero://report/items/0_6EETTDBE/html/report.html 0 => My Library 6EETTDBE => Key of the selected item or zotero://report/items/579241_E7232HE2/html/report.html 579241 => The local library key for "Digital Humanities UofT group" E7232HE2 => Key of the selected item. [4] For locating zotero.sqlite and querying it with Sqlite Manager see - https://www.zotero.org/utils/dbfix/ - http://kimmonsdesign.com/node/24 [5] http://cogsci.nl/software/qnotero http://www.cogsci.nl/blog/tutorials/97-writing-a-command-line-zotero-client-in-9-lines-of-code http://files.cogsci.nl/software/gnotero/extras/gnotero_cmdline.py [6] See the attached zotero-libreoffice.odt