[GRASS-dev] citation GRASS extensions

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Paulo van Breugel
<p.vanbreugel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was just looking at citation information. It is clear how to cite GRASS
> itself, but what if you want to cite an extension?

Best is to cite both GRASS and the extension.

> Or as an extension author you want to suggest a citation?

Just add it to the manual: "suggested citation: ..."

> R has a pretty could system in place where citation information is included
> in every package and available through the citation() function. I think it
> is automatically generated or the developer can include his/her own citation
> information to be displayed.

Guess we are lacking the function for that since GRASS is not monolithic. :)

> I guess one option is to provide a suggested citation in the manual page?

Sounds perfect to me.

just my 0.02 cents,
Markus