Thanks John. I tried this and it worked beautifully, thanks. i love using Pandoc, I use it for all of my writing. Please keep up the great work. My best wishes James > On 28 Jan 2018, at 19:05, John MacFarlane wrote: > > You can use pandoc-citeproc to convert your .bib to a > pandoc-readable .yaml: > > pandoc-citeproc -y my.bib > my.yaml > > +++ Bruce D'Arcus [Jan 27 18 11:18 ]: >> Pandoc can read MODS XML files. >> I personally use biblatex these days, since it's more expressive than >> bibtex, has good tool support (I use emacs), can be easily converted to >> other formats (including MODS), etc. >> On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7:13:33 AM UTC-5, James AUSTIN wrote: >> >> Hi everyone >> For years I have been storing my bibliographic information in .bib >> files. Unfortunately I am not finding that the .bib format is >> particularly human readable or extensible. Looking around for >> alternatives, I was wondering if Pandoc can read from .xml files and >> if >> so, how one would create a reference. I have tried to do this but >> pandoc-citeproc tells me that my reference cannot be found. Also, >> can >> anyone point me in the direction of a good introduction to learning >> YMAL >> please, as I have seen this mentioned in the user guide as an >> alternative to .bib. >> Thank you. >> Best wishes >> James >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [1]pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org . >> To post to this group, send email to >> [2]pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> [3]https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/1aefef2c-ce92-4d63- >> a3fa-fd312ea0a999%40googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit [4]https://groups.google.com/d/optout . >> >> References >> >> 1. mailto:pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> 2. mailto:pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> 3. https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/1aefef2c-ce92-4d63-a3fa-fd312ea0a999-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> 4. https://groups.google.com/d/optout > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org . > To post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/20180128190554.GD80325%40Johns-MacBook-Pro.local . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/331A77B5-B35F-4940-AF5C-7AAED2C8C6C3%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.