RIS (file format)

RIS (Research Information System Format) is a standardized file format for bibliographic management and export of bibliographic data. The format is designed so that according to certain pre-defined field name ( tag) of two letters followed by the corresponding information.

Example

Example for " Albert Einstein: The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity. In: Annals of Physics, 49/1916, pp. 769-822 "

TY - JOUR TI - The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity AU - Einstein, Albert PY - 1916 SP - 769 EP - 822 JO - Annals of Physics VL - 49 ER - Excerpt from the reference to the tags

Below are the central RIS tags. The day TY must at the beginning and the day HE must necessarily appear at the end of the record. The order of the remaining tags is arbitrary.

Types of literature (Entry Types)

The following table gives an overview of the literature defined types ( Types).