feature request: Add support for Jabref grouping metadata

[ggabel]

It would be helpful for our use case to have a list of the groups and subgroups of the bib-entries in the menu in the left side frame of the bibtexbrowser similar to jabref (see pic below).

[monperrus]

you can view keywords as groups: all entries with a common keyword would be shown if you click on them (eg keyword "component" in the left frame of http://bibtexbrowser.sourceforge.net/bibtexbrowser.php?frameset&bib=metrics.bib)

for subgroups, howw ould you specify them in the bibtex file?

[ggabel]

I finally had the time to look into it. I found out the groups are done by JabRef with the comment-field, for the example above the code looks like this:

@Comment{jabref-meta: grouping:
0 AllEntriesGroup:;
1 StaticGroup:GRUNDLAGEN\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
1 StaticGroup:ANALYTIK & PRÄANALYTIK\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
1 StaticGroup:PATHOBIOCHEMIE / DIAGNOSTIK / KLINIK\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Fachübergreifendes\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Endokrinologie & Stoffwechsel\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Kohlenhydratstoffwechsel & Diabetes mell.\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Lipidstoffwechsel\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Schilddrüse & Nebenschilddrüse\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Sonstige endokrine Systeme\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Sonstige Stoffwechselprozesse\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Gastroenterologie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Leber & Pankreas\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
3 StaticGroup:Magen & Darmtrakt\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Hämatologie & hämatolog. Onkol.\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Hämostaseologie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Immunologie / Autoimmunologie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Infektiologie / Sepsis\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Kardiologie / Angiologie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Kinderheilkunde\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Muskuloskelettales System\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Nephrologie / Urologie / Elektrolyte / Säure-Basen-Haushalt\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Neurologie / Psychiatrie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Onkologie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Pulmologie\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Spurenelemente / Vitamine\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
2 StaticGroup:Microbiome\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
1 StaticGroup:ÜBERGEORDNETE ASPEKTE\;0\;1\;\;\;\;;
}

Each bibtex-entry has a group tag like this:
groups = {Fachübergreifendes, Nephrologie / Urologie / Elektrolyte / Säure-Basen-Haushalt},

[monperrus]

Do you mean that you would create the groups in Jabref, and then bibtexbrowser would interpret the grouping metadata from Jabref?

[ggabel]

Yes, that was my idea. For our page, I exported all the groups manually and used one bib-file per group. This feature would make it much easier for me but I don't know if there are many others that are interested in that and it justifies the effort.