With this dialog you can:
- create new references for the selected element
- edit/remove existing references
- External References is a modeless dialog box that displays the list of references associated with the currently selected element.
- Add, Edit opens the Add/Edit References Dialog Box, in which you can specify the details of the reference
- Open URL opens the URL of the selected external reference in the web browser application
- The reference table displays the reference details in 3 columns: Reference Name, Comment and URL. You can edit any of those reference details by double clicking on the desired table cell.
- For database and publication references, the name and URL is generated automatically when the reference is defined. In some cases you might want to change the default name or URL, e.g. by adding a special, non-default parameter to the URL. Therefore editing of cells in the table is useful for the refinement of automatically generated URL and name attributes.
- Depending on the reference type, the comment property can be used for various purposes. E.g. for it can be the term that is defined by a vocabulary reference, or it ca be a description of the relationship between the element and the reference.
- The database and publication references can be viewed/edited in two dialog boxes External References Dialog Box and in the Biological Panel of the Element Settings Dialog Box.