Wikindx

Wikindx

Developer(s)	Mark Grimshaw
Stable release	4.2.2 / August 2014 (August 2014)
Written in	php
Operating system	Portable
Type	Bibliography wiki
License	GPL 3.0
Website	http://wikindx.sourceforge.net/

Wikindx is a free bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system (Virtual Research Environment) designed either for single use (on a variety of operating systems) or multi-user collaborative use across the internet. Wikindx falls within the category of reference management software, but also provides functionality to write notes and entire papers. Developed under the GNU GPL license, the project homepage can be found at sourceforge.net and the required files/updates are available for download there.

Other features

• supports non-English multi-byte character sets.
• allows multiple attachments for each bibliographic resource — quarantining and embargoes supported.
• comprehensive search.
• store quotations, paraphrases and ideas with your references.
• can export a bibliography in various bibliographic styles (APA, Chicago, IEEE for example).
• allows users to edit or create bibliographic styles through a graphical interface.
• can import and export other bibliographic formats including BibTeX and EndNote format.
• export bibliographies to RTF for use in Word/OpenOffice.org etc.
• modular plugin architecture so easily customizable (PHP) -- plugins include WYSIWYG word processor, import/export bibliographic formats, Amazon import, PubMed import.

See also

• Comparison of reference management software for some comparisons with similar packages.

References

• Amanda Regolini; Frédéric Berger; Emmanuelle Jannès-Ober; Luuk Dorren (2008). "From tailored databases to wikis: using emerging technologies to work together more efficiently" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management. 3: 103–112.