Extension:BibManager

MediaWiki extensions manual

BibManager Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag, Special page, Database
Description	Enables MediaWiki to store and manage bibliographic data and to use it within an article.
Author(s)	Robert Vogel (Talk),Tobias Weichart (Talk)
Latest version	1.22
MediaWiki	1.22+
Database changes	Yes
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download snapshot (Git master) Git [?]: repo summary browse file tree commit history code review
Tags <bib />, <biblist />, <bibprint />
Added rights bibmanageredit, bibmanagerdelete, bibmanagercreate
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit BeforePageDisplay LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates
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The BibManager extension enables MediaWiki to store BibTeX data and to use these entries within an article. It offers forms to create edit and otherwise manage bibliograpic data and allows import and export of BibTeX format. It has been developed in 2011 for the SaltWiki-Project of the Hornemann Institute by Hallo Welt! Medienwerkstatt GmbH.

Download

The extension can be retrieved directly from Git ^[?]:

• Browse code
• Some extensions have tags for stable releases.
  • Browse tags
  • Select the tag
  • Click "snapshot"
• Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release. There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).
  • Browse branches
  • Select a branch name
  • Click "Continue"

Extract the snapshot and place it in the extensions/BibManager/ directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows:

cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/BibManager.git

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called BibManager in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once "$IP/extensions/BibManager/BibManager.php";

• Y Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration parameters

$wgBibManagerUseJS

Wether or not to use JS for better user experience. Default is true.

$wgBibManagerRepoClass

This is for future development. Default is 'BibManagerLocalMWDatabaseRepo'. You may implement your own repo by extending the abstract BibManagerRepository class in includes/BibManagerRepository.php.

$wgBibManagerCitationFormats

An associative array that defines the output format of the various entry types. Please take a look ah the BibManager.php for an example.

$wgBibManagerCitationArticleNamespace

The namespace citation links point to. Default is NS_MAIN.

$wgBibManagerScholarLink

The link to which the 'Google Scholar' link points. Default is 'http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%title%'.

User rights

bibmanageredit

User can access the edit special page. Edit links are shown.

bibmanagerdelete

User can delete entries. Delete links are shown.

bibmanagercreate

User can add or import entries. Creation and import SpecialPages can be accessed.

Tags

To use one of the three BibManager-Tags proceed as follows:

<bib id="citation" />

Get a link to the citation you have set up before (e.g. <bib id='testing:2010' /> points to the article Testing:2010)

<biblist />

List all the <bib /> tags embedded in the articles text (list in alphabetical order)

<bibprint />

Render list of citations. You can use the filter attribute to influence the result. I.e. <bibprint filter="year:2011|2010, author:hawkins" /> will show all entries from the repository that are from the year 2011 OR 2010 AND have hawkins as author.

Further documentation

• Admin manual
• User manual
• Administratorenhandbuch (German)
• Benutzerhandbuch (German)

Ideas for futher development / TODOs

• Add additional fields like on uni-bremen.de on section Other fields.
• Implement API for remote access and shared repos
• Add a article <-> entry relationship table for automatic purging at entry change and sophisticated querys like Other pages using this entry

Licensing

© GPL, see subfolder "docs/"

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