RefDB is a reference database and bibliography tool for SGML, XML, and LaTeX documents, sort of a Reference Manager or BibTeX for markup languages. It is portable and known to run on Linux, Free/NetBSD, OSX, Solaris, and Windows/Cygwin.

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Editor extensions for Emacs (shown here) and Vim Running a query on the command line The result of a SRU query displayed as a MODS document Query result displayed in the PHP web interface

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Categories

Text Processing, Front-Ends, Scientific/Engineering

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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  • particjohn Posted 2012-10-29
    Needs a NOOB manual. I've seen some complex stuff, and this takes the cake. What I need is hit next, next, next, finish and start backing up! At the least, consider providing a step by step that even Grandma could install.......Its BatGuano for the install
  • markthomas55 Posted 2012-03-13
    Nice project. I like this project for features.
  • akusmin Posted 2011-10-05
    I use RefDB for managing scientific literature and for making bibliographies when I write papers in LaTeX since 2006. I like it).
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Cygwin, Linux, BSD

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Science/Research, Education, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Web-based, Non-interactive (Daemon), Command-line

Programming Language

Unix Shell, Perl, C, PHP, Emacs-Lisp

Database Environment

MySQL, PostgreSQL (pgsql), SQLite

Related Categories

Unix Shell Text Processing Software, Unix Shell Front-Ends, Unix Shell Scientific Engineering, Perl Text Processing Software, Perl Front-Ends, Perl Scientific Engineering, C Text Processing Software, C Front-Ends, C Scientific Engineering, PHP Text Processing Software, PHP Front-Ends, PHP Scientific Engineering, Emacs-Lisp Text Processing Software, Emacs-Lisp Front-Ends, Emacs-Lisp Scientific Engineering

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2001-04-25
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