Zotero compatibility / partnership
Partner with open source, community based, and compatible projects such as Zotero. Work toward enabling desktop side & service side compatibility.
patrick.g.welch
shared this idea
A Zotero-to-Mendeley sync functionality will be included in the next release.
24 comments
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Ben Jackson
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I am withdrawing my votes from this ticket and putting them in "Zotero 2 way sync". Functionality to allow Mendeley to siphon off Zotero users with single-direction "sync" is not the kind of compatibility or partnership that I had in mind.
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Adminrobert.knight
(Admin, Mendeley)
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Hello - Please file a separate new ticket for any Zotero import problems. Please keep to a single ticket per problem as that makes it easier for us to prioritize working on things.
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rantanplan
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It is absolutely pivotal for me to select only a subgroup of zotero items to be imported. Furthermore the import of zotero-notes doesnt work too well (graphics are not included, standalone notes dumped) and my pdfs from zotero are not scanned by mendeley for their references.
Is there a new ticket for some sort of "enhanced" zotero import or could you reopen this ticket? -
sergey.gerbek
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Can we "incomplete" this ticket? The implemented import feature is rudimentary to the level of non-usability. NEED to be implemented: collection structure (including saved search) import - I need only items specifically tagged for academical use to be imported into Mendeley
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sisichen
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It would be nice also if we could have an explicit refresh button for the zotero-mendeley sync, so the user can make the sync happen manually, in case the automatic update is not instantaneous.
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joachimr
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Sometimes the attachments make it, sometimes they don't.
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joachimr
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Are the notes supposed to sync as well? That did not work in my case when I added notes on a web-archive (sticky and text-marking). I also had rather sporadic success with imports (sometimes it works, sometimes it only creates an a collection with no content). Rather buggy at this point for me (using the Zotero 2 beta).
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Adminrobert.knight
(Admin, Mendeley)
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Hello - The Zotero integration is supposed to support 1.x and 2.x versions. If it fails to work please contact support@mendeley.com - if you could attach your Zotero database file (the path to which can be found via the 'Zotero' tab in the Preferences dialog) that would be very helpful.
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rdmpage
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I had the same experience as ifunglu. Turned Zotero integration on (I'm using Zotero 2.0b7.2 and Mendeley 0.9.4) and Mendeley crashed. Restarted and I can switch integration on, but nothing happens. I can see some Zotero folders as collections, but no Zotero documents appear in Mendeley.
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ifunglu
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Does the Zotero integration support Zotero 1.x or 2.x? I'm running the older stable version, and when I turned on Zotero integration, Mendeley just hangs.
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Adminrobert.knight
(Admin, Mendeley)
commented
Just to clarify - the 'completed' status for this ticket refers to the ability to import documents from Zotero automatically into Mendeley as suggested by various users. I suggest that new UserVoice pages are created for other issues (eg. two-way syncing).
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piezunka
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Looking forward to the Zotero integration I just wondered when the next release is due.
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Adminvictor.henning
(Admin, Mendeley)
commented
Ben and Bruce: Thanks for your comments. We've reached out to the Zotero team with a proposal of how to achieve a two-way sync.
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Ben Jackson
commented
Just wanted to reiterate. I'm happy to see progress in this area, but my feature request is for two-way sync.
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bruce
commented
One-way sync isn't exactly compatibility, or partnership ;-)
Perhaps a Zotero-compatible API that enables two-way sync?
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mszargar commented
How much should I wait until I can move my Zotero library to Mendeley? The bibtex transition path does not work correctly even for metadata (all bibtex's "special characters" are displayed). I have hundreds articles with annotated pdfs attached...
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luis.cardoso.palmela
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I also stand for a partnership, as both interfaces approaches are good and useful. Indeed there are occasions (usually the harvesting phase) I prefer a browser plugin and others I'd rather use an all-in-one program. But so far none alone has convinced me completely and my library is less tidy and useful than I wished it to be...
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rayambrosi
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I also strongly support the movement towards open source software and hope to see a type of partnership between Zotero and Mendeley. Zotero is a great reference manager and has a loyal following precisely because it is open source.
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Ben Jackson
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Ideally this would take the form of an open API that Endnote, RefWorks, or any other package could support if they so chose.
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Ben Jackson
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I'd like to see as tight integration as possible. Including automatic synchronization of one's collections, sharing/networking across services. If a colleague is using Zotero, I want to be able to collaborate with them easily. No walled gardens.
