Re: Web Interface

Stéphane Téletchéa <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.text.refdb.devel
Organization INRA
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Markus Hoenicka a écrit :
> Hi Sandy,
> 
> Sandy Rutherford <[email protected]> was heard to say:
> 
> 
>>I have been looking for something to manage bibliographical databases
>>for a project that I manage at IRMACS (http://www.irmacs.ca).  refdb
>>seems to do what I want, but it would help a lot if the web interface
>>were better.
>>
> 
> 
> :-( Unfortunately I have to agree. The current version is a reimplementation of
> the previous CGI version and barely makes use of the capabilities of PHP. I
> would like to see at least clickable author names and such, plus reasonable
> forms to manually enter bibliographic data.
> 
> 
>>I am willing to invest time and effort into the PHP interface, but
>>obviously would like to coordinate with current development.  Who is
>>working on the PHP interface?
>>
> 
> 
> You're welcome to do so. The PHP version was contributed by Tom Bartolucci. I've
> fiddled a bit with the code, mainly to make the installation more portable. But
> since then essentially no one has touched the code. The friction caused by
> coordination should be close to nil.
> 
> If you're serious about a web interface, feel free to start with completely
> fresh ideas. There is great stuff out there. Today I came across
> http://www.openlaszlo.org/ which could turn your web browser into a EndNote
> lookalike. Use whatever is likely to allow you to finish something with the
> least amount of effort.
> 
> regards,
> Markus
> 
You can also have a look at refbase (http://refbase.sf.net) which has 
another web interface, just to not start from scratch.

Stéphane

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