Re: latex bibliographies with multiple databases

Hi Markus,

> I take from this discussion:
>
> 1) Use a bib2ris post-processing script (or rewrite bib2ris to contain such
> code) which strips markup like boldface, superscript etc. and translates
> foreign characters entered as LaTeX constructs to their Unicode equivalents.
>
> 2) Modify the code to prevent XML entities to show up in LaTeX output.
>
> 3) Add code to escape the LaTeX command characters in the LaTeX output.
>
> The second point is a bit tricky. References imported from RIS usually do not
> contain entities, but references imported from risx are likely to do. Either I
> convert these entities during import, or I remove them during LaTeX export. The
> former seems cleaner to me, and I think this is what you had in mind.

Yes, in my view the storage format is Unicode without markup:


BibTeX -------               ---------> DocBook
             |               |
             |               |
RIS ---------+--> STORAGE ----
             |   (Unicode)   |
             |               |
RISX ---------               ---------> LaTeX



Whatever the input format, all references end up in the same storage 
format (Unicode sans markup).  This would require stripping out XML 
entities and LaTeX markup.  With luck you can use existing tools to do 
this.  The stored references can then be output in either DocBook- or 
LaTeX-compatible format.  This seems to be to be an elegant way of 
dealing with the mishmash of input and output formats.

Regards,
David.


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