Amanda Graham wrote:
> Hello, again, Stefano,
Hi Amanda,
> It turns out that my problem was a fairly simple one. I didn't supply a
> "label" for any of my EndNote entries. Once I went in to edit the EN
> BibTeX filter, it was clear. Without the label field populated, a series
> of linked output fields are ignored by the parser/filter, resulting in a
> BibTeX file that is missing the type and the author fields. Once I went
> in and added some text to the EndNote label field, the output was
> properly generated and the Exhibit was created!
>
> I may not be the only person using EndNote that didn't use the label
> field; others may find my experience instructive. Thanks for the
> assistance.
I've added this entry to our FAQ at
http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Citeline_FAQ
since it's a wiki, feel free to correct it, improve on it or add more
information to it (or any other info you might find by using the tool).
> And, again, thanks for the excellent tool!
>
> I'm now adding labels to my 400-odd references and should have the whole
> thing up and running soon.
Very cool!
>
> Amanda
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Stefano Mazzocchi <stefanom_at_mit.edu
> <mailto:stefanom_at_mit.edu>> wrote:
>
> Amanda Graham wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestions.
> >
> > I am surprised the output doesn't include a type, since that is the
> > first choice one makes about a new reference and it's established
> before
> > one puts in any information.
>
> Yeah, it's weird.
>
> > I'll see what I can do; Is there a source you'd recommend for BibTeX
> > standards?
>
> http://www.bibtex.org/
>
> > It should be possible to make a new export filter for EndNote
> > that does it properly.
>
> Yeah. Let me know if you figure out how.
>
> Good luck!
>
> >
> > Amanda Graham
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:stefanom_at_MIT.EDU
> <mailto:stefanom_at_MIT.EDU>]
> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:02 PM
> > To: Amanda Graham
> > Cc: citeline-lib_at_mit.edu <mailto:citeline-lib_at_mit.edu>
> > Subject: Re: Assistance with Citeline
> >
> > Amanda Graham wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello, Stefano,
> >>
> >> I've attached the file as you requested. I should have thought of
> >> doing that at first. I also didn't tell you--as I probably
> >> should--that I used EndNote X2, the most recent version, to make the
> >> file. Perhaps it makes a different flavour of BiBTeXT?
> >
> > The file you sent me is not properly formatted BibTeX.
> >
> > A good BibTeX entry looks like this
> >
> > _at_article{cilibrasi_clustering_2005,
> > title = {Clustering by Compression},
> > volume = {51},
> > journal = {Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on},
> > author = {R. Cilibrasi and P. M. B. Vitani},
> > year = {2005},
> > pages = {1523-1545}
> > },
> >
> > while all the items in your BibTeX file look like this:
> >
> > title = {The Arctic Expedition of the Diana},
> > volume = {8868},
> > number = {5},
> > pages = {5},
> > month = {September 26},
> > abstract = {...},
> > keywords = {Arctic exploration},
> > year = {|1874|}
> > }
> >
> > note how your entries seem to be missing the first line which
> basically
> > is
> >
> > _at_<type>{<reference_ID>
> >
> > we were aware of the fact that sometimes EndNote might generate the
> > entry without a reference_ID (and we can cope with that issue), but
> > without a type and starting point, there is little we can do to parse
> > this file.
> >
> > My suggestion would be to try to add the "type" of reference to your
> > EndNote bibliography (for example, article, book, conference
> > proceedings, etc..), export that and see if Citeline responds better
> > (and do look at the BibTeX file for those lines that start with a "_at_"
> > character).
> >
> > Sorry about all this: BibTeX is supported by most citation management
> > tools (at least on paper) but their real-life interoperability is far
> > from being painless.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >> Amanda Graham
> >> Yukon College
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:stefanom_at_MIT.EDU
> <mailto:stefanom_at_MIT.EDU>]
> >> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:46 AM
> >> To: Amanda Graham
> >> Cc: citeline-lib_at_mit.edu <mailto:citeline-lib_at_mit.edu>
> >> Subject: Re: Assistance with Citeline
> >>
> >>
> >> Amanda,
> >>
> >> can you place your small bibtex file on the web and send us the URL?
> >> that would be very helpful for us to understand where the problem
> >> might be.
> >>
> >> Thank you very much.
> >>
> >> Amanda Graham wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I just discovered your fabulous tool/service and I tried it out. I
> >>> followed the instructions for making a bibtext file from references
> >>> in
> >>> EndNote and got that. I told Citeline that was the file I wanted to
> >>> use and it made me a page with no references in it. I thought maybe
> >>> there were too many, so I made a second file with only a few
> >>> references. That didn't work either. I have an Exhibit without
> items.
> >>> Is it me? I checked the help but I didn't find anything about my
> >> specific problem.
> >>> This is a very cool tool and one I'd like to use to make an online
> >>> bibliography. Help!
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>>
> >>> Amanda Graham
> >>> Yukon College
> >> --
> >> Stefano Mazzocchi
> >> Digital Libraries Research Group Research Scientist
> >> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> >> E25-131, 77 Massachusetts Ave skype: stefanomazzocchi
> >> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA email: stefanom at mit . edu
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stefano Mazzocchi
> > Digital Libraries Research Group Research Scientist
> > Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> > E25-131, 77 Massachusetts Ave skype: stefanomazzocchi
> > Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA email: stefanom at mit . edu
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
>
>
> --
> Stefano Mazzocchi
> Digital Libraries Research Group Research Scientist
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> E25-131, 77 Massachusetts Ave skype: stefanomazzocchi
> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA email: stefanom at mit . edu
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
--
Stefano Mazzocchi
Digital Libraries Research Group Research Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E25-131, 77 Massachusetts Ave skype: stefanomazzocchi
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA email: stefanom at mit . edu
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