This is probably a very small thing, but: what is the format for the PublicationYear attribute?
Is it a full date, i.e. Day.Month.Year, or just the year?
If it is the full date, why is it called PublicationYear?
This is probably a very small thing, but: what is the format for the PublicationYear attribute?
Is it a full date, i.e. Day.Month.Year, or just the year?
If it is the full date, why is it called PublicationYear?
The system attribute PublicationYear
is described here. As it aligns with an RIS tag, the latter defines the possible format.
It is a String-type attribute and not a Date-type attribute. Generally it holds a string containing the year number and nothing else, e.g. â1740â or â2017â.
System attributes generally (always?) include âDateâ in the attribute name, e.g. EndDate
.
Thank you for the fast answer, Mark. Iâm just starting to work with Tinderbox and a lot is new to me
Had to look up the meaning of âRIS tagâ and didnât know about âaTbRefâ.
Since PublicationYear is a String-type attribute, it seems that one can use it for just a year or any other more detailed information, including month and day, if available.
Iâm trying to figure out how to use Tinderbox as a container and manager of a collection of references. Someone else has created a large collection of references and published them in 11 pdf files. Now I would like to import all this data into Tinderbox and separate the reference text from all the other information, which should become attributes. I have to find a way to do this in an automated way, if possible.
Maybe I should create another thread about this on the forum to see who can give advice on how to best do this?
Welcome to the Tinderbox community and youâre in the right place to ask questions.
I donât know what RIS stands for, but it is the acronym of an interchange format used in reference/citation management. However just because thatâs the reason for a system (i.e. pre-defined) attribute doesnât mean you need to use it for that. If you want a Date-type attribute called âPublicationDateâ you can make your own - see the User attribute Inspector.
Anyway, ask any questions you have!
Tinderbox cannot collect the reference from the PDF. you need some other script to pick the references and insert them in formatted manner. I have been experimenting with a similar workflow. So, far the best method I came up is using Kebyoard Maestro. Look at the dicussion I had in KM forum: Scrapping references from Table of contents - Questions & Suggestions - Keyboard Maestro Discourse
There are also some scripts in Github which can collect references from a given PDF into a Bibtex format. But, the one I get best result from was this one:
Hello Desalegn,
Thank you for your reply. I have Keyboard Maestro, but havenât used it yet.
I will have a look at the links you posted.