TH TIB 5 " 7-Jun-1990"
SH NAME
tib - format of tib bibliography (.ref) files
SH SYNOPSIS
The tib bibliographic database is automatically used by
B tib(1),
after an INDEX file has been created with
B tibdex(1)\fR.
The extension
B .ref
is conventional (but not automatically supplied by Tib).
SH DESCRIPTION
A reference
I file
is a database file containing any
number of reference
I items,
separated by one or more blank lines.
Reference items consist of reference
I fields
which in turn
consist of data organized into field
I tags
and field
I data.
The meaning of field tags is an extension of that of
B bib
and is
suggested by that of
B refer(1).
However there are enough differences
that
B bib
or
B refer
reference files are not directly
usable with
B tib.
A field tag is a percent sign `\fB%\fR' in column 1
followed in column 2 by a single character. The currently recognized
tags are listed below. Field data begins in column 4; the data
can consist of any printable characters. Field data can be as long as
necessary and can extend into the next line. Lines that do not begin
with a percent sign are treated as continuation lines. Every line
(including continuation lines) must begin in column 1. The
B A, E, a, e
and
B \e
fields can be repeated as often
as necessary; other fields can occur at most once (more precisely the
last occurance of a field is the one used). Fields can occur in any
order except that authors, editors, etc. are listed in order of
appearance. Lines beginning `\fB%\e\fR' are inserted verbatim
into the output; they are assumed to be TeX instructions. Lines in
a reference item beginning `\fB%%\fR' are comments.
SH FIELD TAGS
TP 5
B %A
Author(s) (may have multiple authors, separate
field entry for each author in order)
TP
B %B
Book title
TP
B %C
City of publication
TP
B %D
Date
TP
B %E
Editor(s) (may have multiple editors, separate
field entry for each editor in order)
TP
B %F
Special citation flag, use is governed by Tib
B %F
command
TP
B %G
Government (NTIS) ordering number
TP
B %I
Issuer (publisher)
TP
B %J
Journal name or for unpublished conference report,
the conference name
TP
B %K
Keys for searching, not printed out
TP
B %M
I Mathematical Reviews
number
TP
B %N
Number of issue (journal or series)
TP
B %O
Other information, appended to listing
TP
B %P
Page numbers
TP
B %R
Technical report identifier
TP
B %S
Series title
TP
B %T
Title of article or book
TP
B %V
Volume number (journal or series)
TP
B %W
key words (comma separated) - used by
B texswlist(1),
by tib only when the `-i abstract.ttx' option is used.
TP
B %X
Abstract - used by
B texbib(1),
by tib only when the `-i abstract.ttx' option is used.
TP
B %Z
Reserved by Tib for special insertions
TP
B %a
Translator(s), also editor(s) of translated compilations
TP
B %b
Translated book title
TP
B %c
City of publication of translated item
TP
B %d
Date of translated item
TP
B %e
Author(s) of reviewed material; reviewers' names go in
B %A
fields in order
TP
B %i
Issuer of translated item
TP
B %j
Translated journal name
TP
B %k
Reserved for future use for secondary references
TP
B %l
Language of translation
TP
B %n
Number of translated item
TP
B %o
Other information, inserted after book title
TP
B %p
Pages of translated article
TP
B %r
Identifier of translated technical report
TP
B %s
Series of translated item
TP
B %t
Title of translated article or book
TP
B %v
Volume of translated item
TP
B %z
Reserved by Tib for special insertions
TP
B %\e
.. \".B %\\ damn nroff!
Beginning of line of TeX instruction(s)
TP
B %%
Comment (passed as TeX comment)
The
B %W
B %X
and field tags are local additions, implemented in
\fBabstract.ttx\fR.
The \fB%X\fR tag is compatible
with
B refer(1)
and
B roffbib(1)\fR,
the nroff/troff analogues of
B tib(1)
and
B texbib(1)\fR.
SH FILES
/vol/tex/lib/tib/inputs/abstract.ttx
SH "SEE ALSO"
B tib(1), tex(1), texbib(1), texswlist(1)
B addbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1)
SH AUTHOR
J. C. Alexander.
Local modifications for the Institute of Theoretical Physics,
University of Cologne, by S. Kremer.
