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What does it do?¶
Bibtation shows the content of BibTex files without the need of importing them into the database.
Researchers and/or their research institutions often keep a list of their publications in BibTex format, which is used to reference own publications when writing newer ones. It is desirable that the same publication file can be used easily to list the publications on the website. However, importing the bib file into the database can be cumbersome since changes to a bib entry happen quite often and then the correct database entries need to be changed.
Therefore, Bibtation directly parses the BibTex files, selects desired entries, groups them and displays them similar to BibTex's plain style.
Bibtation frontend view of 2 publications with grouping (incl. group menu and header) and author links
Features and Limitations¶
- Robust bib parser supporting the same file format as BibTex with the following exceptions: * cross-references are not supported since there is no absolute numbering of publications that could be used for references. Thus, all bib entries have to be self-contained. * LaTeX commands cannot be used in the bib entries (of course...). Command names are simply removed, but parameters remain in output. Also, math mode does not work...
- Output follows very closely the 'plain' style with the following differences: * For entry type article 'vol. x, no. y, page p' is printed instead of 'x(y):p' for the sake of readability. * For entry type misc the date is not appended using ','. * For entry type unpublished the order of date and note has been reversed, i.e. note is at the end as for every other entry type. * There is no automatic conversion of upper case and lower case notation, e.g. in the title field. * The DOI is shown as last field.