[GRASS-dev] citation GRASS extensions

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? Or as an extension author you want to suggest a 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.

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

Cheers,

Paulo

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Paulo van Breugel
<p.vanbreugel@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. :slight_smile:

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

Sounds perfect to me.

just my 0.02 cents,
Markus