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Norbert Nemec | 12 Jun 12:27

Update from arXiv

Hi there,

I've been using tellico for three years for my bibliography but only recently remodeled my database so it is
compatible with the newer features of tellico.
Now, trying to update entries from arXiv, I found that tellico always uses the *versioned* arXiv
identifier. I typically prefer to use the unversioned identifier unless I want the refer specifically to
a certain version. (Which practically never happens.)

First thing that I would definitely view as bug: When updating from arXiv with an unversioned ID in the
entry, tellico retrieves the versioned ID, finds both strings inequivalent and does nothing. in this
case, tellico should definitely accept both entries as equivalent and update the entry.

Beyond this I, would personally prefer it, if tellico import or update would by default insert the
unversioned ID. If the user actually worries about the version in a specific case, that can always be
corrected manually. What do other users think about this?

Greetings,
Norbert
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Robby Stephenson | 12 Jun 15:46

Re: Update from arXiv

Hi Norbert,

On Thursday 12 June 2008, Norbert Nemec wrote:
> First thing that I would definitely view as bug: When updating from arXiv
> with an unversioned ID in the entry, tellico retrieves the versioned ID,
> finds both strings inequivalent and does nothing. in this case, tellico
> should definitely accept both entries as equivalent and update the entry.
>
> Beyond this I, would personally prefer it, if tellico import or update
> would by default insert the unversioned ID. If the user actually worries
> about the version in a specific case, that can always be corrected
> manually. What do other users think about this?

Makes sense to me. I'm always looking for feedback about the bibliographic 
capabilities, in particular. :) I'll pull up the notes I made about the 
Arxiv ID and how to deversion the versioned. Heh...

Robby

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Robby Stephenson | 13 Jun 07:56

Re: Update from arXiv

On Thursday 12 June 2008, Norbert Nemec wrote:
> First thing that I would definitely view as bug: When updating from arXiv
> with an unversioned ID in the entry, tellico retrieves the versioned ID,
> finds both strings inequivalent and does nothing. in this case, tellico
> should definitely accept both entries as equivalent and update the entry.

I just tried this, and it was working. An entry with an unversioned ID was 
updating correctly. Can you give me a more specific example and steps that 
show the problem for you?

Robby