Definitions

A database is a set of Records, which contains typed Attributes. The definition of the available attributes is done in a Schema, which provides names, types and textual description of the fields.

Getting started

To create, open and start filling a databases, check the Pyblio.Store module.

Submodules

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Pyblio.Adapter: Adapt a database schema to another one.
Pyblio.Adapters
- Pyblio.Adapters.PubMed2BibTeX
- Pyblio.Adapters.WOK2BibTeX
Pyblio.Arrays: Result sets and indexes implemented on top of numpy arrays.
Pyblio.Attribute: Basic data types that can be used as attributes for a Record.
Pyblio.Callback: A generic callback mechanism.
Pyblio.Cite
- Pyblio.Cite.Citator: Defines the Citator, a class that glues together every aspect related to citations.
- Pyblio.Cite.Style
  - Pyblio.Cite.Style.Base: Generate citation keys.
  - Pyblio.Cite.Style.BibTeX
- Pyblio.Cite.WP: This module contains bindings for specific Word Processors.
  - Pyblio.Cite.WP.File: A convenience object to write citations to a plain file.
  - Pyblio.Cite.WP.LyX: Operations on a running LyX instance.
  - Pyblio.Cite.WP.OpenOffice: A simple API to cite references in OpenOffice.org
Pyblio.Compat: Compatability module
Pyblio.Exceptions: This module defines some common exceptions
Pyblio.External: Support for queries on external services.
- Pyblio.External.Citeseer: Citeseer (http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/) queries
- Pyblio.External.CrossRef: An asynchronous query module to get DOI numbers given publication information.
- Pyblio.External.HTTP
- Pyblio.External.PubMed: Programmatic access to the PubMed database
- Pyblio.External.WOK: Interface to ISI Web of Knowledge.
Pyblio.Format: Citation formatting layer.
- Pyblio.Format.Base: (Base classes of the formatting code)
- Pyblio.Format.DSL: Basic syntactic elements used to format a citation.
- Pyblio.Format.Date: Date formatting functions.
- Pyblio.Format.Generator: A base generator, specialized for every output style.
- Pyblio.Format.HTML: Transformation of the formatted record into an HTML representation.
- Pyblio.Format.Misc: Miscellanous formatting helpers.
- Pyblio.Format.OpenOffice
- Pyblio.Format.Pages
- Pyblio.Format.Person
- Pyblio.Format.S2: (Data structures for stage 2 of the formatter)
- Pyblio.Format.S3: (Stage 3 objects, ie abstract representation of the actual layout)
- Pyblio.Format.Text: Transformation of the formatted record into a textual representation.
Pyblio.I18n: Useful tools related to internationalization issues.
Pyblio.Parsers: Bibliographic database parsers for foreign formats.
- Pyblio.Parsers.Semantic: Parsers for bibliographic formats and specific schemas.
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Semantic.BibTeX
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Semantic.ISI: Parser for the ISI format returned by the Web of Knowledge.
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Semantic.PubMed: Parser for the XML format returned by PubMed's Web API
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Semantic.WOK: Parser for the XML format returned by Web of Knowledge queries.
- Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax: Syntactic parsers for bibliographic formats.
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.BibTeX: Extension module for BibTeX files
    - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.BibTeX.Coding: Handles coding and decoding of LaTeX-escaped characters.
    - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.BibTeX.Environ': Handles decoding of @string substitution and of LaTeX commands.
    - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.BibTeX.Parser: Stream oriented reading of a BibTeX file, with no actual semantic operation on the content.
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.ISI: Parser for the ISI file format.
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.RIS
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.Tagged
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.XMLEndNote
  - Pyblio.Parsers.Syntax.XMLMARC
Pyblio.Query: Definition of the query language.
Pyblio.Registry: Support for RIP files.
Pyblio.Schema: Schema definition for a pyblio database.
Pyblio.Sort: Definition of the sort language.
Pyblio.Store: Contains the base classes and interfaces used to define a database of records.
Pyblio.Stores: Available physical stores.
- Pyblio.Stores.bsddbstore: Store implementation on top of Berkeley DB (>= 4.1)
- Pyblio.Stores.filestore: Provides an in-memory store, which can read and save the database in Pyblio's XML format.
- Pyblio.Stores.memorystore: Provides an UNSAVED in-memory store.
- Pyblio.Stores.resultset: Common implementation of in-memory result sets and views.
Pyblio.Tools

Functions

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init_logging(filename=None)

source code

Variables

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numeric_version = (1, 3, 4)

version = '1.3.4'

_inited = False