Basilic 1.5.14

Basilic provides a bibliography server for research laboratories.
It automates and facilitates the diffusion of research publications over the Internet, automatically generating Web pages from a publication database.
Each publication has an associated Web page, which provides downloads and additional documents (abstract, images, BibTeX).
Index pages are also created, including a search engine with several options for results display.
New publications can be added to the database in an instant.
Main features:
- Main features
- Automated bibliography server: easy to use, automatic page generation.
- Each publications web page automatically shows all of the associated documents.
- Index pages with a powerful search engine.
- Various result displays : researchers publication list, image gallery, BibTeX...
- Separate back-office for edition of publications and database checking.
- Ease of use
- New publications can be added and edited easily using a simple web form.
- To publish associated documents (pdf files, images, abstract, ...), simply copy the files to the publications directory.
- Thumbnails are generated automatically from images and movies.
- Up-to-date web server
- Publication lists and associated pages are always up to date.
- Dynamic content: changes are immediately published.
- Easy use encourages researchers to keep the server updated.
- Simplified administration
- Lightweight server administration: an e-mail is sent in case of problems.
- Delegated management: each researcher manages his or her own publications.
- Simple semi-automatic system installation
- Initial database can be created from BibTeX files.
- Clean organization
- Clean directory hierarchy: sorted by year, then by publication BibTeX key.
- Each publications associated directory holds all of the associated documents.
- A separate back-office section for bibliography management.
- A unified look and feel for all publications.
- Bilingual (or more) web sites are handled.
- Conformity to standards
- XML export, compatible with PubliCNRS format. See export page (in french).
- Validity of BibTeX entries is enforced.
- Strict XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.0 compliant pages are generated.
- Customization
- Customizable look and feel using css style sheets.
- Distributed under the terms of the GNU-GPL licence and hence open source.
- Based on simple php scripts that can easily be modified and extended.
- Fully customizable installation paths to fit your web server organization.
- Possible extensions
- Adding new languages for multilingual web sites is easy.
- Managing multiple teams, adding a lab member database...
- Based on a mySQL database: new queries and tables are possible.