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© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
Last update: September, 20, 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Legend Web resources 1 Identity card 2 Installation 3 General 4 Structure 5 Input/Edit
6 Import 7 Search 8 Thesaurus
9 Output 10 Formatting language 11 Sort 12 Export
13 Manuscript formatting 14 Term/Entry list 15 Documentation

8 Thesaurus

Library Master Procite EndNote Reference Manager Papyrus
LM: no Pr: no En: no RM: no Papyrus: yes : keywords System list

8.1 Link types: BT/NT; NTG/BTG; RT; USE/UF; TT/NT;

LM: n.a.               Pr: n.a.               En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: built-in types: sub/super- category; synonyms; antonyms; closely related; other can be created under user's control

8.2 Links are automatically bidirectional

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes

8.3 Links can be edited (i.e. change without detaching entries)

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no: have to be deleted and recreated

8.4 Can create kw while making links

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no, can only link existing entries

8.5 Links are validated and controlled, e.g.:
-- a Narrower Term (sub-) cannot also be Broader Term (super-) of its Broader Term
-- a rejected term (Used for) cannot be used
-- no term can refer to itself

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no (except that no term can refer to itself)

8.6 SN Scope notes

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no

8.7 Multilingual links codes

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no

8.8 Can import list of unlinked/linked entries

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes, only unlinked

8.9 List is relationally linked to database records

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes

8.10 List can be used from records during input

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes

8.11 List can be used during search:
  1. browsing
  2. navigation
  3. direct search
  4. list itself can be searched

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 2 3; search can take into account a) type of link (include exclude) b) depth of link: up- down- posting

8.12 Output
1. screen preview 2. printout

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 (not the whole structured list but any entry in its whole arborescence); (2 print the mere list of entries without links)

8.13 Output layout
  1. alphabetic with links and their codes
  2. systematic with alphabetically listed subentries
  3. permuted: KWIC, KWOC ...
  4. hierarchical (TT + alphabetic list; TT + hierarchical list; TT only)

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 (only print preview: not the whole list, but complete tree of any term)

8.14 Statistics

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no

8.15 Other, e.g.: provisions for candidate descriptors, identifiers, polihierarchy ...

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no (polihierarchy allowed as links are not controlled)
Legend  
Multiple choice when choice is multiple (e.g. 1. 2. 3. etc.) number means "yes", its absence means "no: lack of the feature", unless a note states otherwise Commands menus are indicated between double quotes, specific commands within menus or selection panels are introduced by an arrow, e.g. "Edit" -> Show clipboard, means: "open the Edit menu and select Show clipboard"
A/D = ascending / descending sort order b/e = beginning / end of field or record
CDF=Comma Delimited File format db = database; dbn = database name
fn.XXX = filename + name extension FL = formatting language, i.e.: set of commands to define output styles
n: many, undefinite quantity kw = keyword
l/r = left/right n.a. = not applicable
RefID = record, or reference, identifier RN = record number
RT = reference, or document, or record type sw = software
wp = word processor x-refs = cross reference (e.g.: see, see also...)

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