{"id":141629,"date":"2013-08-16T17:03:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.simonw59.sg-host.com\/fiduswriter-could-a-web-based-writing-tool-become-the-first-real-cms-for-collaborative-science-after-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:41:36","slug":"fiduswriter-could-a-web-based-writing-tool-become-the-first-real-cms-for-collaborative-science-after-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/force11.org\/post\/fiduswriter-could-a-web-based-writing-tool-become-the-first-real-cms-for-collaborative-science-after-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"FidusWriter \u2013 could a web-based writing tool become the first real CMS for collaborative science after WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good news everyone!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

as many of you have figured out at their own expenses, there's a gap in the offer of web based writing tools targetting the academic community.<\/p>\n

Many of us use Google Docs for their collaborative writings. For instance here at Leukippos Institute<\/a> we use Google Docs for writing our papers. Unfortunately this tool is not open, extendable and thereof satifying. In particular, Google Docs doesn't allow you to manage reference with the common reference managers like Mendeley, Papers etc. The build-in reference tool named "Tools>Research" allow you to add reference but in customizable way. It create a footnote and not endnotes. Also, it doesn't allow to add personalized reference syles. You can see this here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In my opinion we absolutely need something that works with an embedded Mendeley plug-in. The good thing of Google Docs is that allow live multiple writings: for instance, I'm writing a part and John another, so we should be able to work on the same paper at the same time.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, while I was struggling to find the best solution, Daniel Frebel, the community manager of FidusWriter<\/a> asked on HackYourPhD Facebook Page<\/a> for volounteers in translating the GUI in other languages, and I offered to translate it in Italian. So I had an flash Hangout with him and we've discuss his project and the main issues they're challenging.<\/p>\n

I then told him what are the fetaures I'd add if it were my choice.<\/p>\n