Comments on: EndNote vs Zotero http://librariesinteract.info/2008/09/30/endnote-vs-zotero/ Blog central for Australasian Libraries Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nikki http://librariesinteract.info/2008/09/30/endnote-vs-zotero/comment-page-1/#comment-33896 Nikki Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:35:38 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/?p=653#comment-33896 It will be interesting to watch and see how this all works out. It will be interesting to watch and see how this all works out.

]]> By: Sian http://librariesinteract.info/2008/09/30/endnote-vs-zotero/comment-page-1/#comment-33875 Sian Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:33:44 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/?p=653#comment-33875 I can't help but think that if OpenOffice has been getting away with converting Microsoft's .doc extensions into .sxw as long as it has been, Zotero is safe - if Microsoft can't bust free software for the same thing, I just can't see Reuter having sufficient legal oomph to actually challenge Zotero. Makes me wonder though - If the information in an endnote file can be read as text, and then the context re-established to make it back into an Endnote-style format, isn't that what the semantic web is all about? Maintaining context across platforms? I will admit my understanding of both law and the semantic web is minimal though, and stop blathering there. I can’t help but think that if OpenOffice has been getting away with converting Microsoft’s .doc extensions into .sxw as long as it has been, Zotero is safe – if Microsoft can’t bust free software for the same thing, I just can’t see Reuter having sufficient legal oomph to actually challenge Zotero.

Makes me wonder though – If the information in an endnote file can be read as text, and then the context re-established to make it back into an Endnote-style format, isn’t that what the semantic web is all about? Maintaining context across platforms? I will admit my understanding of both law and the semantic web is minimal though, and stop blathering there.

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