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Subject: Re: bibtex futures: url, doi, ?
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Hi

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 1:12 PM, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> Frankly, given the breathtaking pace of bibliography generators in the
> TeX world, the main surprise is that the BibTeX database format is
> supported as well as it is by a whole lot of software able to export
> records.
>

David makes a good point here. I'd reformulate it as this - sites such as
http://www.bibtexsearch.com/ (new to me) make bibtex records available.
Beware of anything that requires changes to the generation or use of such
records. I'd say the bibtex data is in practice something close to a fixed
point.

Jonathan

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">Hi</=
div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun,=
 May 6, 2018 at 1:12 PM, David Kastrup <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:dak@gnu.org" target=3D"_blank">dak@gnu.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
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1ex"><br>
Frankly, given the breathtaking pace of bibliography generators in the<br>
TeX world, the main surprise is that the BibTeX database format is<br>
supported as well as it is by a whole lot of software able to export<br>
records.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>David makes a good point here.=
 I&#39;d reformulate it as this - sites such as=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.=
bibtexsearch.com/">http://www.bibtexsearch.com/</a> (new to me) make bibtex=
 records available. Beware of anything that requires changes to the generat=
ion or use of such records. I&#39;d say the bibtex data is in practice some=
thing close to a fixed point.</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><div>=
=C2=A0</div></div></div></div>

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