On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> writes:
>
> IMO we /need/ to add proper citation support to Org, preferably with a
> real syntax rather than these link-"solutions" and with good backend
> support (bibtex & Zotero for starters, I guess).
>
> #+begin_rant
>
> The current state is a mess and not portable.  E.g. there's at least two
> Zotero projects, there's John Kitchin's code, there's ox-bibtex.el (which
> IMO is not suitable for complicated citation requirements), plus everyone
> and their mother's have got custom citation links in their config via
> custom org link types...
>
> /Proper/ citation support (not links) is, IMO, the last thing that is
> missing for good academic publishing support.
>
> #+end_rant
>
> —Rasmus
>

(I know about zotxt -- is there another zotero project?)

I am certainly not the person to implement anything "properly!" But I do
agree -- if we had great citation support, with bibtex and Zotero
undrestood as portable backends, then (a) i would really be able to work in
org start to finish, and (b) I could start to recommend it to colleagues,
as I'm itching to do.

In the meantime, I think zotxt is the best starting point for me.  But I
would certainly be willing to test, debug, contribute minor patches, etc.
to anyone who wants to take the project on properly (it is almost certainly
beyond my limited skills).