Iris citation

[munslowa]

citation information to be specified in Iris documentation.
BibTeX entry example

@Manual{Iris,
author = {{Met Office}},
title = {Iris: A Python library for analysing and visualising meteorological and oceanographic data sets},
year = {2010 - 2013},
address = {Exeter, Devon },
url = {http://scitools.org.uk/}
}

Using use Software Sustainability Institute conventions.

If software downloaded:
ProductName. Version. ReleaseDate. Publisher. Location. DOIorURL. DownloadDate.

for example:
Iris. V1.2. 28-Feb-2013. Met Office. UK. https://github.com/SciTools/iris/archive/v1.2.0.tar.gz 01-03-2013

If software checked out:
ProductName. Publisher. URL. CheckoutDate. RepositorySpecificCheckoutInformation.

for example:
Iris. Met Office. git@github.com:SciTools/iris.git 06-03-2013

Reference used
Jackson, M. 2012. 'How to cite and describe software'. [online] Available at < http://software.ac.uk/so-exactly-what-software-did-you-use> Accessed 06/03/2013

[munslowa]

url is incorrect in my example. It should be

url = {http://scitools.org.uk/iris}

[munslowa]

Use @Article rather than @Manual

[cpelley]

Hi @munslowa what is wrong with the @Manual type? This is technical documentation so would fit neatly under that type. This does not fit under the @Article type as it is not published under a journal so you will not be able to supply the required fields.

@article 
    An article from a magazine or a journal.

        Required fields: author, title, journal, year.
        Optional fields: volume, number, pages, month, note.

@manual
    Technical manual

        Required fields: title.
        Optional fields: author, organization, address, edition, month, year, note.

see: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Bibliography_Management