Citelet

About:

Tools for extracting citation meta-data from HTML articles viewed in the browser. A browser bookmarklet and Chrome extension are currently available; Firefox and Safari extensions are in the works.

Organization:

• js-cfg: Configuration for JS modules
• js-src: Base modules for extracting article meta-data
• js-contrib: Publisher-specific modules for extracting article meta-data
• js-util: Miscellaneous JS utility functions
• py-util: Miscellaneous Python utility functions
• app: Flask app
• chrome-ext: Chrome extension

How to run Citelet from localhost:

• Setup cfg.py
  • CITELET_BASE_URL='http://localhost:5000'
• Prepare files -- rlocal for OSX, rsudo for nix
  • fab "rlocal || rsudo" clean
  • fab "rlocal || rsudo" deploy
• Start a mongod instance
  • mongod
• Start a Flask server:
  • python app/main.py

Using the bookmarklet:

• Browse to the bookmarklet page
  • http://localhost:5000/
• Drag the bookmarklet to the bookmarks bar
• Browse to an article
• Click the bookmarklet

Using the Chrome extension:

• Open Chrome
• Browse to Window -> Extensions
• Enable Developer Mode
• Click on 'Load unpacked extension...'
• Select citelet/chrome-ext
• Browse to an article

Resources

• Example articles: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahtc_QrXguAwdHZHTE5TM0dxMll3Mkc0V1d3MnBpZmc#gid=0