citeproc-java 2.0.0 has just been released

The new version of citeproc-java 2.0.0, the Citation Style Language (CSL) processor for Java, has just been released. citeproc-java interprets CSL styles and generates citations and bibliographies. Some of the highlights are:

• Importers for BibT_eX, EndNote, and RIS allow you to create citations and bibliographies from your existing citation databases.
• The library supports a range of output formats such as html, text, asciidoc, rtf, and fo.
• Use the command line tool to execute the library without setting up a development environment. This is great for testing, in particular if you are a CSL style author and want to test your style files in an easy and quick manner. The command line tool even contains an interactive shell with command completion and automatic suggestions.
• citeproc-java is backed by the popular citeproc-js library, which is very mature and stable.
• It is CSL 1.0.1 compliant and all standard tests from the CSL test suite run successfully.

Here is a list of the changes in version 2.0.0:

• Update citeproc-js to version 1.2.27
• Add support for Java 11 and higher
• Add GraalVM JavaScript runner
• Add support for importing CSL bibliographies in YAML format
• Remove remote connectors to improve maintainability
• Tons of bug fixes and other minor improvements!

Grab citeproc-java 2.0.0 while it’s still hot:
https://michel-kraemer.github.io/citeproc-java/download

Usage example

The following illustrative example will generate an HTML bibliography containing one entry for the citeproc-java website in IEEE style:

CSLItemData item = new CSLItemDataBuilder()
    .type(CSLType.WEBPAGE)
    .title("citeproc-java: A Citation Style Language (CSL) processor for Java")
    .author("Michel", "Krämer")
    .issued(2019, 11, 9)
    .URL("https://michel-kraemer.github.io/citeproc-java/")
    .accessed(2019, 11, 9)
    .build();
 
String bibl = CSL.makeAdhocBibliography("ieee", item).makeString();
System.out.println(bibl);

The output will be:

<div class="csl-bib-body">
  <div class="csl-entry">
    <div class="csl-left-margin">[1]</div>
    <div class="csl-right-inline">M. Krämer, “citeproc-java: A Citation Style
      Language (CSL) processor for Java,” 09-Nov-2019. [Online]. Available:
      https://michel-kraemer.github.io/citeproc-java/. [Accessed: 09-Nov-2019].
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Find more examples and the full documentation on the citeproc-java website.

Posted by Michel Krämer
on 9 November 2019