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From: mjohnson@riglow.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Free bibliographic database system for UNIX?
Message-ID: <268a449b.14ef@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 28 Jun 90 17:55:39 GMT
Reply-To: mjohnson@stn9.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson)
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Is there a bibliographic reference system available for UNIX that is:

	1) free
	2) portable
	3) likely to supported for a long time (at least the data files)

	??

The reason I am crossposting in gnu.emacs is that my "ideal" system
would be released in the "FSF/GNU" spirit and perhaps even have an
emacs interface/mode.

I am about to create a bibliographic database that I will add to over
my whole career.  Who knows what machines I'll be working on over the
next 30+ years...that's why portability of data is important.  I'd
also like to easily share it with colleages.  Working in the academic
environment makes "freeness" important...

I am nominally aware of bibtex...do I need a full TeX system to use it?
Does it satisfy the needs above?

Thanks in advance for any help or pointers to help,
mark
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Mark S. Johnson                              mjohnson@stn9.calpoly.edu
Mechanical Engineering Department                        (129.65.19.9)
California Polytechnic State University                 (805) 756-1386
San Luis Obispo, California 93407                       (805) 756-1334