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Name of contribution: text2bib Author's name: Martin J. Osborne Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/text2bib Summary description: PHP script to convert references to BibTeX License type: gpl
Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- text2bib is a PHP script for converting references to BibTeX format. (It is currently implemented at http://theory.economics.utoronto.ca/text2bib.) It aims to convert accurately references in any reasonable format. Here are three examples of references that it converts correctly:
Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, and H. Uzawa (1961), Constraint qualifications in maximization problems, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly 8, 175-191.
Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, and H. Uzawa [1961], ``Constraint qualifications in maximization problems,'' {it Naval Research Logistics Quarterly}, 8(2), 175-191.
Arrow, K. J., L. Hurwicz, & H. Uzawa. Constraint qualifications in maximization problems. extit{Naval Research Logistics Quarterly}, 8(2): 175--191. 1961. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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