Template:Bibcode/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Bibcode.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua:

Module:check bibcode

This template is intended to allow simple standardized links to bibcodes. For example, {{bibcode|1998ApJ...508L..81K}} will produce Bibcode:1998ApJ...508L..81K external link.

Syntax

{{bibcode|place_bibcode_id_number_here}}

Example

{{bibcode|1998ApJ...508L..81K}}

Bibcode:1998ApJ...508L..81K

Error messages

The Bibcode template checks the bibcode value to see if it has the proper format.^[1] When the assigned value does not have the proper format, the template returns an error message along with the type of error that is encountered:

Check bibcode: <type>

Bibcode template values are expected to match these requirements:

length must be 19 characters (<type> = 'length')

characters in position(s): (except as specified otherwise, violations produce 'value' in the <type> portion of the error message):

1–4 must be digits and must represent a year in the range of 1000 – next year (<type> = 'year')

5 must be a letter

6–8 must be letter, ampersand, or dot (ampersand cannot directly precede a dot; &. (<type> = 'journal'))

9 must be letter or dot

10–18 must be letter, digit, or dot

19 must be a letter or dot

To resolve this error, ensure that the assigned bibcode value is correct.

^ "1.2.3 - Bibliographic Identifiers". The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System.

Syntax

Example

Error messages

See also