On Integrated Bibliography Processing
Michael A. Harrison and Ethan V. Munson
Abstract
Bibliography processing systems are important to the production of
scholarly and technical documents. While the existing systems are a
significant aid to authors, their designs are not sufficient to handle
the demands that have arisen with their continued use. These demands
include larger bibliographic databases, sharing of databases among
multiple authors, integration with document editors, and the desire
for new features.
This paper examines these issues as they are reflected in three
enhancements to the bibliography processing facilities of the GNU
Emacs BibTeX-mode and TeX-mode integrated editing environment. The
added features were a reference annotation facility, forms-based
queries for automatic citation, and an enhanced reference inspection
facility supporting WYSIWIG display of references. The design and
implementation of the three features are discussed in detail. Their
relationship to other bibliography processing tools is discussed.
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Published at UC Berkeley Computer Science Technical Report
UCB/CSD-89-517. An improved version was published in the December 1989
issue of Electronic Publishing: Origination, Dissemination, and
Design.