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Author: Ashok Hariharan    Posted: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:38:11 +0300
Hi: I have been with a procite database to index newspaper articles. One of the challenges we faced some years back was publishing the citations online. For various reasons it was decided that "reference web poster" sold by procite was unsuitable for web publishing, as it was found to be inflexible. So I built a system which converted and pubslished the citations in the procite database into complementary website database tables which allowed cross searching, searching by subject headings, and an online thesaurus. This has worked very well for us , and can be seen on : <http://www.indexkenya.org/thesaurus.asp>...there are other links that allow searching for citations by categories, broad terms, narrow terms..etc... What we want to do now, is provide a similar interface to the citations but on CD-ROM . Unfortunately the software used for the website, does not work out of a CDROM.... I found greenstone (http://www.greenstone.org) which seems to fit the bill....Has anyone on this list ever worked with publishing procite citations to greenstone...I would be very interested in knowing what your experience has been... thank you for your patience... Ashok -- ++++ Ashok Hariharan ++++

Re: ProCITE on the WEB and on CD-ROMS...
Author: Eddie Woodward    Posted: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:50:10 -0500
Hello Ashok, Thank you for this post! Do you know of any documentation that addresses using Greenstone with ProCite? Or did you just figure it out yourself? Thanks! Eddie Woodward Library of Virginia "ewoodward" -----Original Message----- From: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List "mailto:PROCITE" On Behalf Of Ashok Hariharan Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:38 AM To: "PROCITE" Subject: ProCITE on the WEB and on CD-ROMS... Hi: I have been with a procite database to index newspaper articles. One of the challenges we faced some years back was publishing the citations online. For various reasons it was decided that "reference web poster" sold by procite was unsuitable for web publishing, as it was found to be inflexible. So I built a system which converted and pubslished the citations in the procite database into complementary website database tables which allowed cross searching, searching by subject headings, and an online thesaurus. This has worked very well for us , and can be seen on : <http://www.indexkenya.org/thesaurus.asp>...there are other links that allow searching for citations by categories, broad terms, narrow terms..etc... What we want to do now, is provide a similar interface to the citations but on CD-ROM . Unfortunately the software used for the website, does not work out of a CDROM.... I found greenstone (http://www.greenstone.org) which seems to fit the bill....Has anyone on this list ever worked with publishing procite citations to greenstone...I would be very interested in knowing what your experience has been... thank you for your patience... Ashok -- ++++ Ashok Hariharan ++++

Re: ProCITE on the WEB and on CD-ROMS...
Author: Ashok Hariharan    Posted: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:53:08 +0300
Hello Eddie: In fact no. Back when i was trying to put Procite on the web, greenstone was quite new and didnt do what i wanted it to do. So i ended up building my own system on a scripting language (python) which converted procite data to corresponding relational database tables. So now, I want to put a structure that i have on my website, onto a cdrom. But the website runs on a traditional database software which doesnt work out of a CDROM (because CDs are read-only). But in the meanwhile greenstone seems to have improved a lot, and now that i have to put the citations on a CD - am trying to figure out a way to automate pushing procite citations into greenstone. I found that greenstone installs a plugin for procite...but no instructions on how to use it... there is collection configuration file (collect.cfg) i greenstone, which i guess needs to be edited and changed. I am still going through it, if i come up with something concrete, i ll post it here... thanks Ashok On 2/24/06, Eddie Woodward "EWoodward" wrote: > Hello Ashok, Thank you for this post! Do you know of any documentation > that addresses using Greenstone with ProCite? Or did you just figure it > out yourself? Thanks! > > Eddie Woodward > Library of Virginia > "ewoodward" > > -----Original Message----- > From: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List > "mailto:PROCITE" On Behalf Of Ashok Hariharan > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:38 AM > To: "PROCITE" > Subject: ProCITE on the WEB and on CD-ROMS... > > Hi: > > I have been with a procite database to index newspaper articles. > > One of the challenges we faced some years back was publishing the > citations online. For various reasons it was decided that "reference > web poster" sold by procite was unsuitable for web publishing, as it was > found to be inflexible. > > So I built a system which converted and pubslished the citations in the > procite database into complementary website database tables which > allowed cross searching, searching by subject headings, and an online > thesaurus. This has worked very well for us , and can be seen on : > <http://www.indexkenya.org/thesaurus.asp>...there > are other links that allow searching for citations by categories, broad > terms, narrow terms..etc... > > What we want to do now, is provide a similar interface to the citations > but on CD-ROM . Unfortunately the software used for the website, does > not work out of a CDROM.... > > I found greenstone (http://www.greenstone.org) which seems to fit the > bill....Has anyone on this list ever worked with publishing procite > citations to greenstone...I would be very interested in knowing what > your experience has been... > > thank you for your patience... > > Ashok > > > -- > ++++ Ashok Hariharan ++++ > -- ++++ Ashok Hariharan ++++

Re: ProCITE on the WEB and on CD-ROMS...
Author: Dan O'Donnell    Posted: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:01:44 -0700
Have you tried writing the Greenstone people? They are incredibly helpful. -d On Fri, 2006-24-02 at 18:53 +0300, Ashok Hariharan wrote: > Hello Eddie: > > In fact no. Back when i was trying to put Procite on the web, > greenstone was quite new and didnt do what i wanted it to do. So i > ended up building my own system on a scripting language (python) which > converted procite data to corresponding relational database tables. > > So now, I want to put a structure that i have on my website, onto a > cdrom. But the website runs on a traditional database software which > doesnt work out of a CDROM (because CDs are read-only). But in the > meanwhile greenstone seems to have improved a lot, and now that i have > to put the citations on a CD - am trying to figure out a way to > automate pushing procite citations into greenstone. > > I found that greenstone installs a plugin for procite...but no > instructions on how to use it... > > there is collection configuration file (collect.cfg) i greenstone, > which i guess needs to be edited and changed. I am still going > through it, if i come up with something concrete, i ll post it here... > > thanks > Ashok > > > > On 2/24/06, Eddie Woodward "EWoodward" wrote: > > Hello Ashok, Thank you for this post! Do you know of any documentation > > that addresses using Greenstone with ProCite? Or did you just figure it > > out yourself? Thanks! > > > > Eddie Woodward > > Library of Virginia > > "ewoodward" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List > > "mailto:PROCITE" On Behalf Of Ashok Hariharan > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:38 AM > > To: "PROCITE" > > Subject: ProCITE on the WEB and on CD-ROMS... > > > > Hi: > > > > I have been with a procite database to index newspaper articles. > > > > One of the challenges we faced some years back was publishing the > > citations online. For various reasons it was decided that "reference > > web poster" sold by procite was unsuitable for web publishing, as it was > > found to be inflexible. > > > > So I built a system which converted and pubslished the citations in the > > procite database into complementary website database tables which > > allowed cross searching, searching by subject headings, and an online > > thesaurus. This has worked very well for us , and can be seen on : > > <http://www.indexkenya.org/thesaurus.asp>...there > > are other links that allow searching for citations by categories, broad > > terms, narrow terms..etc... > > > > What we want to do now, is provide a similar interface to the citations > > but on CD-ROM . Unfortunately the software used for the website, does > > not work out of a CDROM.... > > > > I found greenstone (http://www.greenstone.org) which seems to fit the > > bill....Has anyone on this list ever worked with publishing procite > > citations to greenstone...I would be very interested in knowing what > > your experience has been... > > > > thank you for your patience... > > > > Ashok > > > > > > -- > > ++++ Ashok Hariharan ++++ > > > > > -- > ++++ Ashok Hariharan ++++ -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Acting Chair and Associate Professor of English Director, Digital Medievalist Project <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/> University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Canada Vox: +1 (403) 329-2378/-2377 Fax: +1 (403) 382-7191

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