Re: [libreoffice-users] How to export the bibliography DB to Zotero?

On 25/06/2012, Fabian Rodriguez <magicfab@member.fsf.org> wrote:
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> Hi
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> I have a database of ~3000 entries that I would like to export to Zotero.

Is this an OO bibliography?

> What would be the recommended way of doing this? I can't seem to find
> such information in Zotero forums. I thought I'd ask here as I know my
> way around LibreOffice better than Zotero.

Have you tried jabref, to import from OO to jabref and then export
from jabref to zotero?

> This seems like a similar problem although it describes importing from
> the bibliography *text*, not the OOo/LibO database:
> http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/importing_formatted_bibliographies
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> At ~3000 entries, it's impractical to create a new document with *all*
> entries, not to mention (most possible) data missing when reimporting that.
>
> A friend mentioned using RDF as an intermediary format, or .bib, but
> again I would have to have a document with all my references (this
> doesn't import all refs from the database AFAIK):
> http://www.estm.co.uk/blog/software/export-openoffice-writer-bibliography-to-zotero.html

You should re-consider using LO; LaTeX is _far_ superior.

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