ESciDoc Services CitationStyleManager
ID (Label)[edit]
CSF
Complete Name[edit]
Citation Style Formatting Service
Status[edit]
Implemented
Description[edit]
This service formats the descriptive metadata of a content item (or a list of content items) in accordance with specific citation style such as APA, MLA, Chicago, MPG Yearbook citation style and others and generates a file with specific output format such as RTF, PDF or HTML.
Operations[edit]
| Operation | Status | Input | Output | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| explainStyles | implemented | none | List of styles and supported output formats in accordance with the explain_styles.xsd |
This operation retrieves a list of supported citation styles and for each of them supported output format such as RTF, PDF, HTML. |
| getOutput | implemented | String citationStyle String outputFormat String itemList |
byte [] | The service takes as an input citationStyle identifier, an output format identifier and a list of content items and returns a byte array with metadata formatted in accordance with selected citation style and output format. Note: in future it is planned to return a URL from where the temporary file can be downloaded. |
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