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Hi, I am enjoying reading this conversation, but am wondering if there is a digest option for this listserv so I can receive most messages in one email rather than many emails. Cheers, Aine Humble Áine Humble, PhD, CFLE Associate Professor, Dept of Family Studies and Gerontology Director, Atlantic Research Centre for Family-Work Issues Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6 [log in to unmask], (902) 457-6109 >>> "Gourlay, Stephen N" <[log in to unmask]> 05/20/10 9:38 AM >>> Zotero also permits export of the database in a variety of bibliographic formats, so it should be importable to other databases. Stephen If a scholar "permits the perspectives and communicative signs of the participants in the ... social process, which are part of the data ... to dominate his [sic] own perspectives and instruments of inquiry and communication, the consequences can only be intellectual confusion, distortion in perception and report, and loss of ... enlightenment ..." Lasswell & McDougal 1971, p.380. Stephen Gourlay, PhD Reader, Knowledge Management, Kingston Business School, Kingston University Kingston upon Thames KT2 7LB, UK 0208 417 5683 http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sngourlay/index.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Kevin Brubeck Unhammer > Sent: 20 May 2010 13:20 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Software for managing as opposed to analyzing data > > 2010/5/20 Amman Madan <[log in to unmask]>: > > On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:21:38 +0200 > > Magnus Larsson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Any ideas on portability, that is, if Zoteros cease to exist - what > >> happens with the collection? > > > > The data is stored in an sqlite format. So it should be able to access > > it with any sqlite database software. > > best > > Amman > > Apropos, there's even another Firefox addon specifically for browsing > any SQLite database > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5817/ . So yes, it is > about as portable as it can possibly be. > > And Zotero is free & open source software; even if the main developers > say "we don't have time to add any more features", anyone is free to > continue the project, and with the amount of Zotero users now > (mozilla.org says it's been downloaded 1,038,188 times), the chances > are quite good of the project being continued. > > > best regards, > Kevin B. Unhammer > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.