metadata.bib

NAME

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/lib/metadata.default.bib

WA2LWinTools/etc/metadata.Type.bib

WA2LWinTools/etc/metadata.default.bib

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

FILEFORMAT

You are free how to define the contents of the BibTeX templates. However you should comply to the BibTex standard.

The metadata -e command processes the [GENERAL] section of the meta file and all fields present in that section can be used.

This is the example (metadata.book.bib) for a book BibTeX specification:

@book{@_REF@,
  author        = {@AUTHOR@},
  title         = {@TITLE@@_SUBTITLE@},
  publisher     = {@PUBLISHER@},
  year          = {@_YEAR@},
  volume        = {@VERSION@},
  series        = {@SERIES@},
  address       = {@ADDRESS@},
  edition       = {@EDITION@},
  month         = {@_MONTH@},
  note          = {@NOTE@},
  isbn          = {@ISBN@},
  abstract      = {@ABSTRACT@},
  date          = {@DATE@},
  language      = {@LANGUAGE@},
  guid          = {@IDENTIFICATION:GUID@},
}

OPTIONS

@NAME@

meta field name as resolved from the meta files in the meta data repository "database". The NAME has to be specified in upper case always, also when the meta data field contains upper/lower case.

The available field names can be seen in the [GENERAL] section when using the metadata command.

@_REF@

reference number as present in the Ref field, but without the special characters ([]).

@_SUBTITLE@

when the Subtitle field is not empty this placeholder expands to:, Subtitle text

@_YEAR@

release year resolved from the Date field.

@_MONTH@

release month resolved from the Date field.

DOCUMENT-TYPES (ENTRY TYPES)

A BibTeX database can contain the following types of entries.

All other documentation-types are defaulted to the misc documentation-type.

TYPE DESCRIPTION REQUIRED OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL article An article author number abstract from a journal title pages date or magazine journal month guid year note language volume book A book with author volume abstract an explicit title series date publisher publisher address isbn year edition guid month language note booklet A work that is title author abstract printed and howpublished date bound but address guid without a named month language publisher or year sponsoring note institution inbook A part of a author volume abstract book, usually title series date untitled. May chapter type guid be a chapter publisher address language (or section, year edition etc.) and/or a month range of pages note

TYPE DESCRIPTION REQUIRED OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL incollection A part of a author editor abstract book having its title volume date own title booktitle series guid publisher type language year chapter pages address edition month note inproceedings An article in author editor abstract a conference title volume date proceedings booktitle series guid year pages language address month organization publisher note manual Technical title author abstract documentation organization date address guid edition language month year note mastersthesis A Masters author type abstract thesis. title address date school month guid year note language misc For use when author abstract nothing else title date fits howpublished guid month language year note phdthesis A PH.D. thesis author type abstract title address date school month guid year note language proceedings The proceedings title editor abstract of a conference year volume date series guid address language month publisher organization note

TYPE DESCRIPTION REQUIRED OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL techreport A report author type abstract published by a title number date school or other institution address guid institution, year month language usually note numbered within a series unpublished A document author month abstract having an title year date author an note guid title but not language formally puplished

FILES

lib/metadata.Type.bib

built in default template for document type (=Type field in [GENERAL] section).

Do not change this file(s), they will be overwritten when upgrading the WA2L/WinTools package, create your own metadata.default.bib file in the etc/ directory.

lib/metadata.default.bib

built in default template for all document types (=Type field in [GENERAL] section) for which no specific metadata.Type.bib template exists.

Do not change this file, it will be overwritten when upgrading the WA2L/WinTools package, create your own metadata.default.bib file in the etc/ directory.

etc/metadata.Type.bib

customized document type (=Type field in [GENERAL] section) specific template.

etc/metadata.default.bib

customized default template for all document types (=Type field in [GENERAL] section) for which no specific metadata.Type.bib exists.

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