ietfbib2bibtex

This tool aims to convert the XML-based formats of the IETF (bibxml and rfc-index) to bibtex format.

Installation

You can install ietfbib2bibtex using the GitHub link:

pip install git+https://github.com/netd-tud/ietfbib2bibtex/

Dependencies

ietfbib2bibtex works on Python 3.8 or newer.

See requirements.txt for the packages required.

Usage

First you need a configuration file in YAML format. See config.yaml.example for an example:

bibs:
- name: rfcs
  rfc_index:
    remote: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index.xml
- name: ids
  bibxml_ids: 
    remote: rsync.ietf.org::bibxml-ids/
    local: ./bibxml-ids

Then, you can run

ietfbib2bibtex -c "<config-file>"

If you do not provide a configuration file with the -c argument, it is expected to be in the ietfbib2bibtex directory in the corresponding user configuration platformdirs of your operating system.