[Qgis-user] QGIS citation in the FAQ

[Agustin Lobo]

I will use waht is provided in the web, but
I think that the best would be having the Quantum GIS Development Team
writing an article with a general description of QGIS basic 
characteristics, history and
roadmap. Something equivalent to:

Anselin, Luc, Ibnu Syabri and Youngihn Kho (2006). GeoDa: An 
Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis. Geographical Analysis 38 (1), 5-22.

but including the url if possible. This would be the best reference to 
be used in an article, as
what the interested reader would search in the reference is a general, 
readable description of QGIS.

Also, another example would be R, which has a command citation():

 > citation()

To cite R in publications use:

R Development Core Team (2009). R: A language and environment for
statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing,
Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0, URL http://www.R-project.org.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

@Manual{,
title = {R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing},
author = {{R Development Core Team}},
organization = {R Foundation for Statistical Computing},
address = {Vienna, Austria},
year = {2009},
note = {{ISBN} 3-900051-07-0},
url = {http://www.R-project.org},
}

We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating R, please cite it
when using it for data analysis. See also ‘citation("pkgname")’ for
citing R packages.

This is more on the line of what we have in the faq for qgis. (BTW, I 
would move
or copy the citation from the faq to the home page of the web site).

So, animo!

Agus

Otto Dassau wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:31:13 +0200
> Otto Dassau <otto.dassau at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:37:35 +0200
>> Agustin Lobo <alobolistas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I'm a bit confused by the FAQ entry regarding
>>> citation:
>>>
>>> "Quantum GIS Development Team (YEAR). GNU General Public License. 
>>> http://qgis.osgeo.org"
>>>
>>> Should we just write the current year?
>>>       
>> I guess it depends on what you want to cite. It would probably make sense to
>> distinguish. For example the GRASS project offers some ideas, if you just cite
>> the webpage, or a certain software version or manual.
>>
>> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Citation_Repository
>>
>> I can something similar for QGIS if you like. What do others think? The
>> citation above is just general.
>>     
>
> I added a wiki page on basis of the GRASS_Citation_Repository and adapted the
> FAQ. Please tell us, if you think something is wrong or missing.
>
> http://www.qgis.org/wiki/QGIS_Citation_Repository
>
> Regards,
>   Otto
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