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eliasy · 04-02-2020, 06:42 AM

Hi Dalton,

Thanks for the awesome plugin.

I am using the RIS generated file to send books in the direction Calibre -> Zotero.
However, I am having a problem with the author field.

It is being parsed as 'Long Name', where we have 'First Name Middle Names Last Name'.

Since Zotero works preferentially with the last name of the author, (and betterbibtex uses the last name to create citations, e.g., Shannon1948), would you consider adapting the AU field in the RIS file to 'Last Name, First Name Middle Names'?

It would be interesting to also make name abbreviations homogenous (using a metric distance, e.g., Manhattan distance) as a option. For example, we could have Harry C. Smith, Harry Smith and Harry Charles Smith becoming Smith, H. C. Of course, it would be hard on this to avoid collisions (Harry Charles Smith and Herman Common Smith). But since it would be optional, the user could decide if he/she wants to have this risk.

Thanks for your time.

04-02-2020, 06:42 AM	#191
eliasy Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2020 Device: none	Feature request - convert Author to Last Name, First Name Hi Dalton, Thanks for the awesome plugin. I am using the RIS generated file to send books in the direction Calibre -> Zotero. However, I am having a problem with the author field. It is being parsed as 'Long Name', where we have 'First Name Middle Names Last Name'. Since Zotero works preferentially with the last name of the author, (and betterbibtex uses the last name to create citations, e.g., Shannon1948), would you consider adapting the AU field in the RIS file to 'Last Name, First Name Middle Names'? It would be interesting to also make name abbreviations homogenous (using a metric distance, e.g., Manhattan distance) as a option. For example, we could have Harry C. Smith, Harry Smith and Harry Charles Smith becoming Smith, H. C. Of course, it would be hard on this to avoid collisions (Harry Charles Smith and Herman Common Smith). But since it would be optional, the user could decide if he/she wants to have this risk. Thanks for your time.