tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post4317579537666746697..comments2024-01-08T08:39:39.026-08:00Comments on The Open Source Paleontologist: Reference Managers on Parade - The ConclusionAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16171447306687358664noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-84420067922134026042009-08-23T22:53:15.171-07:002009-08-23T22:53:15.171-07:00Great article!.I visited this site first time and ...Great article!.I visited this site first time and is quite interesting for me.I think LaTeX is useful.Thanks.<br /><a href="www.ibowsolutions.com/algeria" rel="nofollow"> IT SOLUTIONS </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-37997915988964469882008-01-08T10:22:00.000-08:002008-01-08T10:22:00.000-08:00I used LaTeX a bit when looking for standardized m...I used LaTeX a bit when looking for standardized mathematical formats that could be used to represent clade definitions, but ultimately went with MathML.<BR/><BR/>One big problem with TeX is that it don't have nearly as wide support as XML. (And, frankly, it isn't quite as elegantly designed, although it might be as good or better for specialized things like representing math equations.) TeX is something meant just for typesetting, particularly mathematical typesetting, while XML is specifically designed to be general.<BR/><BR/>I think the future of bibliographic tools is probably in some XML dialect, or maybe even a microformat.Mike Keeseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147156174467903264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242881996852098.post-57463673806979095512007-12-24T08:56:00.000-08:002007-12-24T08:56:00.000-08:00I know of one pseudo-palaeontologist (she works wi...I know of one pseudo-palaeontologist (she works with dinoflagellates but only to destroy them) who uses LaTeX, but no one else.<BR/><BR/>It looks scary (hugs MS Office 2007).Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695173188736074202noreply@blogger.com