When tracing article reference it is useful to create a diagram than show when an article reference another article. Does latex/bibtex support creation of such diagrams?
It will also be handy if the edges between the nodes can be decorated with additional information.
Update
File test.tex
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[backend=biber, url=false, doi=false, isbn=false]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{test.bib}
\begin{document}
\cite{Cirstea2007,Clarke1996,Clarke2003}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
Bibtex file:
@Article{Cirstea2007,
Title = {title1},
Author = {auth1},
Year = {2007},
Number = {10 SPEC. ISS.},
Pages = {39--56},
Volume = {174}
}
@Article{Clarke2003,
Title = {title2},
Author = {auth2},
Journal = {J. Acm},
Year = {2003},
Xref = {Cirstea2007}
}
@Article{Clarke1996,
Title = {title3},
Author = {auth3},
Year = {1996},
Xdata = {43434},
Xref = {Clarke2003}
}
Running the commands
latex test.tex
biber --output-format=dot test
dot -Tps test.dot -o file.ps
A node is created for each entry with the text the citation key and the type of bibtex entry. The xref field create and arrow between the nodes: .
Changes that are still needed:
- add data to the arrow.
- each arrow from a node must support a different text value
\cite{...}
in nodes? Sorry, your question is not very clear.