cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (07/23/85)
Once again I am hearing rumors of a mythical Byte Index that is or will
be available. I don't think it will be machine readable and probably
available as a separate document rather than in an issue of Byte. So
I have once again begun to think of a "home grown" data base of Byte
articles for personal computers.
The simplest method might be to produce a form not unlike the message headers
that could be filled in for each article along the lines of
Title:
Author:
Magazine:
Issue:
Pages:
Processor Type(s):
Category: (could be Software, Hardware, Algorithms, etc)
SubCategory: (eg Data Base, Compiler, Tools, OS)
Abstract: (paragraph on article)
Any other suggestions? Organizing might be a bit difficult but it would be
fairly simple to write a translator from the form to your favorite data
base. The reason for the Magazine entry is obviously if this is successful
it might be possible on other magazines as well.
--Chuck
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{ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) (07/24/85)
> Once again I am hearing rumors of a mythical Byte Index that is or will > be available. I don't think it will be machine readable and probably > available as a separate document rather than in an issue of Byte. So > I have once again begun to think of a "home grown" data base of Byte > articles for personal computers. > > The simplest method might be to produce a form not unlike the message headers > that could be filled in for each article along the lines of > Title: > Author: > Magazine: > Issue: > Pages: > Processor Type(s): > Category: (could be Software, Hardware, Algorithms, etc) > SubCategory: (eg Data Base, Compiler, Tools, OS) > Abstract: (paragraph on article) > > Any other suggestions? Organizing might be a bit difficult but it would be > fairly simple to write a translator from the form to your favorite data > base. The reason for the Magazine entry is obviously if this is successful > it might be possible on other magazines as well. > > --Chuck Why not use the `bib' or `refer' format for this data? Most folks reading this group are on UNIX Systems, or have snarfed the `bib' command posted. This might result in the proliferation of tools to manipulate such bibliographic databases, and thus make the format even more useful. -- Marty Shannon UUCP: ihnp4!eagle!mjs Phone: +1 201 522 6063
scott@gargoyle.UUCP (Scott Deerwester) (07/26/85)
Is there any particular reason *not* to use refer/bib format? -- Scott Deerwester Graduate Library School University of Chicago ...!ihnp4!gargoyle!scott UUCP scott@UChicago.CSNet CSNet scott@UChicago.ARPA ARPA
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (07/29/85)
> > ...!ihnp4!gargoyle!scott (Scott Deerwester) writes : > Is there any particular reason *not* to use refer/bib format? > -- Two reasons, first not everyone has a refer command (know of one for Xenix?) so these people would derive know benefit from having it in bib format, second I wouldn't expect that a lot of people would keep such a database on their **ix systems anyway. Since a lot of interest is from the micro using community the data base must originally aim for the lowest common denominator (ie those that only have BASIC available for writing code). I am sure you or someone else could write a simple shell script to convert the text-only database to bib/refer format for people that needed it. --Chuck -- "Unix, the Teco of Operating Systems." - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}