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What does it do?
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Bib is a publication reference (bibliography) manager plugin for
TYPO3. It provides a browseable list view for publication references
and a convenient publication reference editor.

Bib is forked from the Sevenpack extension by Sebastian Holtermann.

Features:

#. A publication reference database integrated into the TYPO3 framework.

#. A heavily customizable frontend list view for publication references.

#. A frontend single view (disabled by default).

#. An optional author browser bar

#. An optional search bar

#. An optional preferences bar

#. A convenient frontend editor for publication reference

#. Optional PDF text caching for full text search purposes

#. Export of the reference database to BibTeX or a homebrewn Bib
   XML format.

#. Import of references from a BibTeX file or a Bib XML file.

#. Localizations for English, German and Italian (very outdated).