Method and system for creating a reference database for a computer-readable document
View Patent ↗A reference database containing, for example, bibliographic data of a computer-readable document like a text document is stored together with the text document in a single data file. The reference data are therefore always accessible for the user of the document.
1. A method of creating a reference database for a computer-readable document comprising:
entering user inputted text data for said computer-readable document in a data file;
determining whether a user inputted a request to input reference data wherein said reference data characterizes a reference data source;
entering user inputted reference data into the reference database following said determining finding said user inputted said request to input reference data; and
storing the reference database, said user inputted text data, and other data of the computer-readable document in said data file wherein said other data includes at least one citation to said user inputted reference data.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable document further comprises a reference field for retrieving a record stored in the reference database.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference database further comprises:
fields for different types of reference data sources; and
fields containing specific information associated with these different types of reference data sources.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the reference database comprises a bibliographic database, and the reference data sources comprise books, journals, conference presentations, web-pages and e-mails.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the reference database further comprises one field containing information about a number of citations of a reference in the document.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: displaying a user interactive dialogue window for inputting reference data.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
synchronizing the reference database with other data sources.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said method is stored as computer code in a storage medium.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said computer code is downloaded into said storage medium.
10. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a storage medium coupled to said processor, and including a reference database for a computer-readable document, storing user inputted reference data wherein said reference data characterizes a reference data source, together with said computer-readable document including user inputted text data in a single data file wherein said computer-readable document includes at least one citation to information in said reference database.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said processor is in a first device, and said storage medium is in a second device.
12. A storage medium having stored thereon in a single data file a computer-readable document comprising a reference database storing user inputted reference data, wherein said reference data characterizes a reference data source, user inputted text data and other data of the computer-readable document wherein said other data includes at least one citation to said user inputted reference data.
13. The storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the computer-readable document further comprises reference fields.
14. The storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the reference database contains fields for different types of reference data sources and fields containing specific information associated with these data sources.
15. A computer program for creating a reference database for a computer-readable document, the computer program comprising program code adapted for:
entering user inputted text data for said computer-readable document in a data file;
determining whether a user inputted a request to input reference data, wherein said reference data characterizes a reference data source;
entering user inputted reference data into the reference database following said determining finding said user inputted said request to input reference data; and
storing the reference database, said user inputted text data, and other data of the computer-readable document in said data file wherein said other data includes at least one citation to said user inputted reference data.
16. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein the computer-readable document comprises a reference field for retrieving a record stored in the database.
17. The computer program of claim 15 , wherein the reference database comprises fields for different types of reference data sources, and fields containing specific information associated with these data sources.
18. The computer program of claim 17 , wherein the reference database comprises a bibliographic database and the data sources include books, journals, conference presentations, web-pages and e-mails.
19. The computer program of claim 18 , wherein the reference database comprises one field containing information about the number of citations of a reference in the computer-readable document.
20. The computer program of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for displaying a user interactive dialogue window on a display screen.
21. The computer program of claim 20 , comprising computer code allowing synchronization of the reference database with other data sources.
22. A computer program product for creating a reference database for a computer-readable document, the computer program product comprising program code adapted for:
entering user inputted text data for said computer-readable document in a data file;
determining whether a user inputted a request to input reference data, wherein said reference data characterizes a reference data source;
entering user inputted reference data into the reference database following said determining finding said user inputted said request to input reference data; and
storing the reference database, said user inputted text data, and other data of the computer-readable document in said data file wherein said other data includes at least one citation to said user inputted reference data.
23. The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein reference fields are included in other data for retrieving the reference data stored in the reference database.
24. The computer program product of claim 23 , further comprising program code allowing synchronization of the reference database with other data sources.