by Juan Carlos Senar » 2017-01-20 12:38
Now that Citavi Web is so close to completion, and you will have more time for new developments, I would like to point out again on the interest of links between knowledge items.
Many ideas originate from the collision of two or more ideas. Hence, it would be very nice if in the Direct Quotation (Blue), Comment (Orange) or Thought knowledge item windows, you could add a small reference list to which the idea is also related. For instance, a given sentence from a paper suggests me that hot conditions in the Mediterranean summer force birds to moult as soon as possible. In relation to that sentence I write an orange Comment. But there I can explain: "however, the earlier a bird moults the lower carotenes will ingest, because carotene availability increases along the season" (and cite here another reference). Then I write "we therefore should expect a trade-off between early and late moulting". This is in fact the new idea! formed by the collision of two ideas or units of knowledge. Hence, it could be nice, at least, to be able to have a short reference list in the window to link to the additional paper.
Thanks for your attention. JC