Re: newbie questions

On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 08:37:27 GMT, "Ernie" <ernie_at_earthling.net> wrote:

>Hey
>
>I'm helping a friend of mine do a project. He's got a Surf Bibliography (at
>http://home.earthlink.net/~davedm/), which I'm going to help him modify.
>
>First, we would like to convert it from its present form into a database.
>The database design is taking shape in my mind and I don't think I need much
>help with that (famous last words), but I'd be interested to know if there
>has been anything written on the subject of data modelling for
>bibliographies.
>
>Second: how to get the data from its present form (HTML or text) into the
>tables of a database. We could, of course, type type type, but I wonder if
>it would be worthwhile writing a script that could parse the text, looking
>for clues as to which part of each entry belongs in which field. I'm not
>asking anyone to write such a script for me, just to give me an idea of how
>complex a task it would be, and (if it is worth doing, timewise) to point me
>toward a resource to help me get started.
>
>And is there any reason I shouldn't use MS Access?
>
>And it occurs to me now that there might be a better forum for my questions
>than this newsgroup. It so, I apologize and what is it? :) Is there a FAQ
>for this NG?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Ernie Bornheimer

do a google search for bibtex

Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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