[Papyrus-L] Papyrus and Lyx?

[Michael Logies]

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At 13:54 04.09.2003 +0200, Michael Logies wrote:

>In the last edition of "Nature" Lyx is mentioned:
>
>http://www.nature.com/

Nature 424, 995 (28 Aug 2003) Correspondence

Open-source answer to bibliography problem

Sir â€" David M. Leslie and Meredith J. Hamilton say in their
Correspondence "Multitude of reference styles delays publication"
(Nature 424, 127; 2003) that a standard format is needed for citation
and bibliography styles. The well-established LaTex family of
open-source packages is such a system. Many journals in the physical and
mathematical sciences provide their bibliographic style files directly
on their websites, reducing the problem of format management.
Life-sciences journals could easily follow their example.

Leslie and Hamilton repeat a familiar objection to LaTeX: the learning
curve takes away time from research work. This problem has largely been
solved in the form of an open-source graphical interface to LaTeX called
LyX (http://www.lyx.org), providing standard functionality such as
cut/paste and spell-checking. New users are relieved of the time
investment necessary for using LaTeX alone, yet they still derive its
well-known performance benefits. The Lyx interface handles standard file
formats, most significantly Adobe PDF, which many journals require for
electronic submission. It is therefore compatible with other tools used
by authors to view, share and submit their written work.

Leslie and Hamilton discuss one standardization tool, the digital object
identifier (DOI). But although there is substantial incentive for
publishers to adopt DOI for increased visibility and accessibility, the
benefits of simply changing long-established reference and citation
styles are unclear. LaTeX/LyX may represent a more realistic solution.
We hope investigators will also consider such open-source applications
in the broader context of conducting their scientific work as suggested
in your Editorial "In praise of open software" (Nature 403, 229; 2000;
doi:10.1038/35002141).

Michael C. Wendl & David J. Dooling
Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University, 4444 Forest Park
Boulevard, Box 8501, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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