[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #947: g.version: new flag for citation info

[GRASS GIS]

#947: g.version: new flag for citation info
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 Reporter:  hamish               |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
     Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  default              |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  g.version, citation  |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All                  |  
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 Hi,

 it is proposed to add a new flag to print out "how to cite grass"
 information.

 doing this in g.version means that the info would always be up to date and
 relevant for the software used.

 the obvious choices for flag key -c (cite) -r (ref) -b (biblio) are
 already taken, so I propose -x for "cross-ref".

 {{{
     cite_flag = G_define_flag();
     cite_flag->key = 'x';
     cite_flag->description =
         _("Display information on how to cite this software");
 }}}


 the text is currently at:
  http://grass.osgeo.org/download/

 {{{
 Citing GRASS Software
 Please cite GRASS when using the software in your work. Here are some
 choices depending on the version used:

     * GRASS Development Team, 2010. Geographic Resources Analysis
       Support System (GRASS) Software, Version 6.4.0. Open Source
       Geospatial Foundation. http://grass.osgeo.org
     * GRASS Development Team, 2009. Geographic Resources Analysis
       Support System (GRASS) Programmer's Manual. Open Source
       Geospatial Foundation. Electronic document:
       http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass6_progman/

 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is


 @Manual{GRASS_GIS_software,
   title = {Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS)
 Software},
   author = {{GRASS Development Team}},
   organization = {Open Source Geospatial Foundation},
   address = {USA},
   year = {2010},
   url = {http://grass.osgeo.org},
 }

 }}}


 Of course the version and date, etc should be dynamically filled in by the
 program.



 see also
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Documents#General
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Citation_Repository
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Citations_for_specific_modules


 thanks,
 Hamish

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