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@koppor koppor commented Nov 7, 2025

We have many terms floating around, which are implicitly explained. This is a structured approach to collect the terms.

I also went into SQOS with systems such as iQvoc, but that seemed to be overkill.

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One could start Jekyll locally.

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@koppor koppor requested a review from subhramit November 7, 2025 10:18

A **library** is a data file that stores a collection of bibliographic entries in a structured format (**BibTeX** or **BibLaTeX**).
In JabRef, a library is the **working data source** containing all references managed by the user — it is the digital equivalent of a physical card catalog.

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Historically it was once called BibDatabase and thus you still find it in the code

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Yeah, I added a hint at c052783 (#14248).

We (I ^^) should work on renaming this year to get it fixed. Too long postponed.

@koppor koppor added [outdated] type: documentation dev: code-quality Issues related to code or architecture decisions labels Nov 9, 2025
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@koppor koppor merged commit 29dd504 into main Nov 11, 2025
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