Re: zotero (or mendeley) integration with org

[Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>]

Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> There was a mail-thread lastyear about zotero and integration with org.
> Now that there is an alpha release of 'org-standalone' 
>   http://www.zotero.org/blog/2011/02/
>
> has anyone looked at whether this helps integrate org and zotero?
>
> I've not yet switched to a pdf manager (they're all stuffed into a
> folder, with a few subfolders, and the only meta-data is in the
> filename!), so I'd appreciate hearing what others to do to look after
> their pdfs.  Mendeley is a possibility too (although syncing between
> machines is a must, and Mendeley doesn't offer that yet.)

One option is to manage metadata in org-mode itself, relying on
org-attach to store and preserve links to the pdf files. Bibtex source
blocks can used to store bibliographical data for each pdf.

I find the combination of emacs-w3m, google scholar, and org-mode to be
an easier and more transparent way to manage bibtex data than an
indirect route via Zotero or Mendeley. But I also prefer to edit all my
bibtex data by hand. :)

Recoll is great for indexing. I have a mess of spaghetti code I use to
pull recoll results into a temporary org outline. I can then open the
relevant files using org links. I'd be happy to share it if anyone is
interested.

Best,
Matt