Bibliographic/OOoBib Functional Requirements

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Note this page documents the user functional requirements for the enhanced bibliographic module. That is, we focus on what the user needs, rather than on technical issues.

We also have a separate page devoted to the Enhancements needed in Writer to support an improved Bibliographic module

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Requirements

Citations

Note: these requirements are reflected in the design of the new citation coding.

• individual citations must allow more than one reference
• citation references must be able to include additional information such as page numbers and captions
• citation references must be linked to metadata objects, and be separate from their formatted representation (separation of semantic structure from presentation)

Formatting

• must be dynamic:
• as new citations are added, the formatted citations and references are regenerated
• changing styles should not require user editing
• must support common features such as:
  • distinction between first/subsequent citation formatting
  • other conditional exceptions such as ibid., et al, etc.
  • in-text, footnote and endnote style citations.

Data Model

• the model shall be relational
• primary entities shall be reference items, collections, events, and agents/contributors

API

• OOo shall expose a standard API for remote and third-party access, based on ZOOM (use Index Data's code here; we need to talk to the ID guys about this)

Import/Export

• support import/export of standard formats (RIS, Refer/Endnote, BibTeX, MODS)

GUI

• provide a citation insertion and management GUI suitable for use with both local and remote databases
•  provide a reference management GUI for use with enhanced data model, which includes:
  • auto-completion of contributors and related items (periodicals, etc.)