Extension:BibManager

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 [http://www.hallowelt.biz Hallo Welt! Medienwerkstatt GmbH].

Configuration parameters

 * : Wether or not to use JS for better user experience. Default is.
 * : This is for future development. Default is . You may implement your own repo by extending the abstract   class in.
 * : An associative array that defines the output format of the various entry types. Please take a look ah the  for an example.
 * : The namespace citation links point to. Default is.
 * : The link to which the 'Google Scholar' link points. Default is.

User rights

 * : User can access the edit special page. Edit links are shown.
 * : User can delete entries. Delete links are shown.
 * : 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:
 * : Get a link to the citation you have set up before (e.g.  points to the article  )
 * : List all the  tags embedded in the articles text (list in alphabetical order)
 * : Render list of citations. You can use the  attribute to influence the result. I.e.   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 &lt;-&gt; entry relationship table for automatic purging at entry change and sophisticated querys like Other pages using this entry

Licensing
© GPL, see subfolder "docs/"

Icons from famfamfam are used within this extension.