Extension:Bibwiki

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Bibwiki

Release status: stable

Implementation Special page
Description Adds a special page to manage BibTeX bibliographies.
Author(s) Wolfgang Plaschg (WplaschgTalk)
Last version 0.99d (2008-01)
MediaWiki 1.11.0
License GPL
Download Bibwiki-0.99d.zip

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Bibwiki is an extension to create and manage scientific bibliographies. The bibliographies are stored in plain text files in the common BibTeX format. Since 1-1-2009, any further development has been discontinued [1].

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[edit] About Bibwiki

Use Bibwiki to:

  • import from Aleph OPAC, Amazon, Library of Congress, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, British Library, Major German and Austrian Libraries, Proquest/CSA databases, ArXiv and many more...
  • manage digital documents (PDF files, web pages, etc.)
  • export lists of references via BibTeX (screenshot)
  • create lists of references in Mediawiki articles (screenshot).

[edit] more about Bibwiki

Visit the homepage at http://www.serenethinking.com/bibwiki/

[edit] Requirements

  • Mediawiki 1.11.0
  • PHP 5.2.0 (newer versions don't work)

[edit] Download

[edit] Installation

  • Extract the downloaded file into the folder extensions.
  • Add the lines
require_once("extensions/<Bibwiki folder>/Bibwiki.php");
require_once("extensions/<Bibwiki folder>/BibCite.php");

at the end of LocalSettings.php.

  • Open the Bibliography special page (Special:Bibliography) and create BibwikiSettings.php by following the setup instructions.
  • Save BibwikiSetttings.php in the Bibwiki directory (extensions/<Bibwiki folder>).
  • Configure Bibwiki.

[edit] License

Bibwiki is released under the GPL.

[edit] Name confusion

This is not to be confused with the MeatBall:BibWiki project, which is a more tailored approach to managing bibliographies in a wiki.

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