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NAME

g.citation - Provide scientific citation for GRASS modules and add-ons.

KEYWORDS

general, metadata, citation

SYNOPSIS

g.citation
g.citation --help
g.citation [-ads] [module=string] format=string [style=string] [vertical_separator=string] [output=name] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-a
Provide citations for all modules
-d
Add GRASS GIS as dependency to citation
Add GRASS GIS as dependency, reference, or additional citation to the citation of a module if applicable for the format (currently only CFF)
-s
Skip errors, provide warning only
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

module=string
GRASS GIS module to be cited
format=string [required]
Citation format or style
Options: bibtex, cff, json, pretty-json, csl-json, citeproc, chicago-footnote, dict, plain
Default: bibtex
bibtex: BibTeX
cff: Citation File Format
json: JSON
pretty-json: Pretty printed JSON
csl-json: Citation Style Language JSON (citeproc JSON) format
citeproc: Use the citeproc-py library to create the citation (CSL)
chicago-footnote: Chicago style for footnotes
dict: Pretty printed Python dictionary
plain: Plain text
style=string
Citation style for the citeproc formatter (CSL)
Default: harvard1
vertical_separator=string
Separator of individual citation records
Inserted before each item
output=name
Path of the output file

Table of contents

DESCRIPTION

g.citation - creates citation or metadata based on documentation of a given module.

Formats

Citation File Format

Citation File Format (CFF) is a YAML based format for citations, specifically CITATION files to be included with software or code as CITATION.cff.

JSON

Currently, the keys and the overall structure are subject to change, but the plan is to stabilize it or to provide existing metadata format in JSON. Pretty-printed version is good, e.g., for saving into files, while the other, compact version is good for further processing.

Pretty printed Python dictionary

This format is essentially a dump of the internal data structure holding the citation entry. It should not be used in scripts, i.e. further parsed, for that there are other formats such as JSON. When this is advantageous is exploring what information the module was able to acquire for the citation.

NOTES

EXAMPLES

g.citation module=v.select format=plain
g.citation f=pretty-json -a -s | grep '"name": ' | sort | uniq
g.citation -s format=citeproc vsep="< p>" -a > all.html

KNOWN ISSUES

SEE ALSO

g.search.module

AUTHORS

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab (ORCID: 0000-0001-5566-9236)
Peter Loewe (ORCID: 0000-0003-2257-0517)
Markus Neteler, mundialis (ORCID: 0000-0003-1916-1966)

SOURCE CODE

Available at: g.citation source code (history)

Latest change: Friday Feb 18 21:03:38 2022 in commit: b532156b149081092b0db0403e474f27ea8ffb50


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