verifybib - Verify an astronomical bibcode
verifybib 1995MNRAS.276.1024J cat bibcodes.dat | verifybib
This program can be used to verify a standardized astronomical bibcode. Output is a summary of the valid bibcode.
If only one bibcode is supplied, exit status is bad if the bibcode is not valid.
The following options are supported:
The official ADS bibcode verifier can be found at:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/verify.html
Details on the bibcode standard can be obtained from
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/refcode.html
A complete description of the reference coding has been published as a chapter of the book "Information & On-Line Data in Astronomy", 1995, D. Egret and M. A. Albrecht (Eds), Kluwer Acad. Publ.
ADS seems to use non-standard bibcodes for meetings and conferences:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs_doc/conferences.html
Tim Jenness <tjenness@cpan.org>
Copyright (C) 2004 Tim Jenness and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.
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