miniBibServer

This is a small-scale project related to managing biographies/CVs of statisticians.

It has several associated features.

1. imscv.sty defines a format for writing biographical CVs in LaTeX, with examples provided in aitken.tex and blackwell.tex.
2. The webapp subdirectory contains a Flask application for converting CVs from this LaTeX format into HTML format, for previewing purposes. An instance of this application has been deployed to ims.metameso.org.
3. distributed_update.py contains a facility for updating a centralized repository of .tex and .html files stored on Github, based on a distributed collection of CVs hosted on webpages, routing changes through a centrally-controlled review process using pull requests.

Workflow

1. convert original data to .tex+bib format using code in ims_legacy_latex.py (requires ims_legacy.txt, sold separately):
   • python -c "import ims_legacy_latex; ims_legacy_latex.make_all()"
2. This can be converted en masse into .html format:
   • python -c "import ims_legacy_html; ims_legacy_html.make_all()"
3. This data is then uploaded to a separate (private) Github repository.
4. The repository is subsequently kept up to date via the distributed_update.py script. It runs under cron to achieve the following:
   1. Poll and download copies of all files in our list
   2. Compare downloaded files to local (checked out) copies
   3. If different, submit pull request with the diff on behalf of the upstream editor

See also

This project is related to the BibServer project, and the relevant features will be reflected there at some point.