Script to convert BibTeX files into RASH bibliography.

bib4rash.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import bibtexparser

reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")

def fd(s):
    if s[-1] != '.':
        s += '.'
    return s

def parse_bib(bib):
    
    with open(bib) as bibtex_file:
        bibtex_str = bibtex_file.read()

    bib_database = bibtexparser.loads(bibtex_str)
    print "{} bib entries loaded.".format(len(bib_database.entries))
    
    for entry in bib_database.entries:
        print '<li id="{}" about="{}-expression" typeof="fabio:ResearchPaper" property="frbr:realizationOf" resource="{}-work" role="doc-biblioentry">'.format(entry['ID'], entry['ID'], entry['ID'])
        try:
            if 'journal' not in entry:
                venue = entry['booktitle']
            else:
                venue = entry['journal']
        except KeyError:
            venue = "UNKNOWN"
        
        authors = entry['author'].replace('{', '').replace('}', '').replace('\n', ' ').split(' and ')
        
        auth = list()
        for a in authors:
            while '\\' in a:
                i = a.index('\\')
                a = a[:i] + a[i+2:]
            if ',' in a:
                aa = a.split(', ')
                a = aa[0] + " " + aa[1][0] + "."
            auth.append(a)
        
        print '\t<p about="{}-expression" property="dcterms:bibliographicCitation">{} ({}). {} {}</p>'.format(entry['ID'], ", ".join(auth), entry['year'], fd(entry['title']), fd(venue))
        print '</li>'

parse_bib('biblio.bib')