acts_as_citable

Acts as gem for Citero. This gem allows an object to utilize Citero's translating properties.

Config

Simply put acts_as_citable in your model. If you have attributes named data and format, you are set. If you must configure, do the following.

    acts_as_citable do |c|
        c.format_field = 'your_format_field_name'
        c.data_field = 'your_data_field_name'
      end

How to use

Using acts_as_citable is easy! Once you have your model configured, simply use the to_format method on your model where format is one of the desired formats.

• BibTeX
• RIS
• OpenURL
• EasyBib
• CSF (Citero Standard Format)

The results are returned as string. Additionally, you can have it render the format with a responds with action. You must have something like this in your controller.

class TestController < ApplicationController
    respond_to :ris, :bibtex, :json
    def test
        rec = Record.create(:data => "itemType: book", :format => "csf")
        arr = Array.new
        arr << rec
        respond_with(arr)
    end
end

Finally, to interact with the CSF object, you can call the csf method.

rec = Record.create(:data => "itemType: book", :format => "csf")
csf = rec.csf
p csf.itemType # => Prints ['book']
p csf.keys # => Prints ['itemType']