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Format

BibTeX Database File

Summary

Name
BibTeX Database File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1616
Format type
Text (Unstructured)
Description
BibTeX is reference management software, used for formatting lists of references, enabling the consistent citing of sources in a range of styles. It was created in 1985, and is written in WEB/ Pascal. Bib files are lists of entries, each one corresponding to a bibliographical item, for a example book or article.
Note
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BibTeX http://www.heinrichfleck.net/latex/Lamport%20.pdf (Appendix B)
File extensions
bib
Submitted by
Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover / Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover
Developed by
BibTex / BibTeX
Supported by
BibTex / BibTeX

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Internal signatures

BibTeX Database File

Description
@, followed by one of these required tags: Article, Book, Booklet, Conference, Inbook, Incollection, Inproceedings, Manual, Mastersthesis, Misc, Phdthesis, Proceedings, Techreport, Unpublished, in all uppercase, all lowercase, or standard capitalized formats, then 0-40 bytes, then }.
Provenance
07/22 (v.107)- added BOF sequence to improve DROID performance;11/23 (v.115)- tightened signature.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
15000
Byte Sequence
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Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V115

    Release date
    15 November 2023
    • Updated

      BibTeX Database File: Refined signature, updated developer and support links. Submitted by Brigham Young University.

  • V107

    Release date
    21 July 2022
    • Updated

      BibTeX Database File: Tightened signature by re-adding BOF sequence. Submitted by Preservica.

  • V105

    Release date
    29 June 2022
    • Updated

      BibTeX Database File: Strengthened signature by expanding BOF sequence. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.

  • V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022
    • Added format

      BibTeX Database File: Full entry added. Submitted by Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover.

    • Added signature

      BibTeX Database File: Signature researched and samples provided by Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover.