Re: Screenshots of new PHP web interface

Quoting Stéphane Téletchéa <[email protected]>:

>> - Simple search: type in a word or a phrase, and RefDB returns matches
>>   in any field.
>
> I'm not sure if this one is that usable or not, do you provide a 'à la
> google' search field ?
>

That's why I'd appreciate to get some feedback of users actually  
trying out the interface. With a few hundred sample references, typing  
in a keyword, a name, or a year returns a useful subset (usually  
around 10 or less, unless the search term is "and" or "a") of the  
references. I can't comment on the quality of the search though,  
because I assume everyone's expectations are different here.

And no, there is no google-esque logic behind the search. It just  
matches the search string in any field. Remember that Google tries to  
find needles in the haystack of a gazillion unstructured documents. A  
reference management software uses structured data on purpose, and  
anything more elaborate than the simple search should involve  
field-based search strategies (which the interface also offers).

>> - Search by unique identifier: retrieve a single dataset by citation
>>   key or DOI
>
> If possible, i'd like to see DOi first since this is more and more used
>   and is more cross-discplines thant other identifiers (like pubmedID
> for instance).

I'm not religious about the order, so I can change it anytime. But not  
all entries have a DOI (many journals provide electronic versions only  
for the past 10 years or so), or are suitable to have one  
(unpublished, in press, emails, you name it). OTOH every entry must  
have a citation key. I reckon its main purpose is to look up  
references that you've cited in your own documents, and this is  
usually done by citation key.

>
> I'll do my best to package it soon :-)

Much appreciated!

Markus

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