Yeah. these make me want a Mac, too.

Yep, I’ve been following Zotero. I think you’re right in pointing out that where Zotero is really for citation management of items found online, where iPapers and similar applications are really for *document* management.

“why do you suppose Papers (and other applications) are so specific to the sciences?”

I *think* that you’re asking why these sorts of applications focus on medical literature.

My guess is that it has a lot to with with the huge amount of freely available metadata for medical literature at PubMed. Not only is the data there, free, and structured- but it can also be accessed without having to go through the Web interface (details here and here).

But hey- I’m far from expert on the topic. Are you aware of any other body of literature that has a database comparable with MEDLINE/PubMed (Not a rhetorical question)?

What is appealing about these Mac options is that they don’t read, at least to me, to be limited to the internet. I actually have a lot of digital files on my computer that are not from the internet that also need organizing.

I know you have great interest in all things medical, but why do you suppose Papers (and other applications) are so specific to the sciences? Don’t you think this application could be useful in a more general way?

What is involved in the PubMed sort of “communication” and link in? Do you know? Is it because of these types of collaborations that make this so specific? –I’m just curious how you see these things.

Thanks.