Bug 103948 - Bibliography Database should be empty for new installs
Summary: Bibliography Database should be empty for new installs
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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Inherited From OOo
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Reported: 2016-11-16 03:40 UTC by Jeremy Bicha
Modified: 2016-11-16 14:04 UTC (History)
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biblio.odb (2.62 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.base)
2016-11-16 03:40 UTC, Jeremy Bicha 		Details
screenshot (93.93 KB, image/png)
2016-11-16 03:42 UTC, Jeremy Bicha 		Details
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Description Jeremy Bicha 2016-11-16 03:40:54 UTC 
Created attachment 128776 [details]
biblio.odb

LibreOffice 5.2.2.2 64-bit edition on Windows 10

I opened LibreOffice and clicked Tools>Bibliography Database and was surprised to see 20 entries. My opinion is that these entries are not useful and are "clutter". Were these entries intentionally included?

Screeenshot and biblio.db attached.
Comment 1 Jeremy Bicha 2016-11-16 03:42:02 UTC 
Created attachment 128777 [details]
screenshot
Comment 2 Alex Thurgood 2016-11-16 12:08:22 UTC 
Yes, the inclusions are deliberate and so, not a bug. 

LO installations have always included them as an example of the type of data to use in the bibliography.odb file, indeed, this was inherited from OpenOffice.org.
Comment 3 Jeremy Bicha 2016-11-16 14:04:42 UTC 
(In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #2)
> LO installations have always included them as an example of the type of data
> to use in the bibliography.odb file, indeed, this was inherited from
> OpenOffice.org.

Ok, but I think it *is* a bug. Microsoft Word has a 'Source Manager' feature accessible from the References tab which is roughly equivalent to LibreOffice's Bibliography Database. It's empty by default.

I don't think the sample data is useful at all. I think someone that is going to use the Bibliography Database understands what 'Author', 'Title', and 'Publisher' mean. All we need is the database structure, not the data.

Please reopen this bug.