Decision Records

Below, all “architectural decision records” for JabRef are listed. This list uses the TOC functionality of the Just the Docs Jekyll template.

For new ADRs, please use adr-template.md as basis. More information on MADR is available at https://adr.github.io/madr/. General information about architectural decision records is available at https://adr.github.io/.

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Table of contents

• Use Markdown Architectural Decision Records
• Use Crowdin for translations
• Use slf4j together with log4j2 for logging
• Use Gradle as build tool
• Use MariaDB Connector
• Fully Support UTF-8 Only For LaTeX Files
• Only translated strings in language file
• Provide a human-readable changelog
• Use public final instead of getters to offer access to immutable variables
• Use Plain JUnit5 for advanced test assertions
• Use H2 as Internal SQL Database
• Test external links in documentation
• Handle different bibentry formats of fetchers by adding a layer
• Add Native Support for BibLatex-Software
• Separate URL creation to enable proper logging
• Query syntax design
• Mutable preferences objects
• Allow org.jabref.model to access org.jabref.logic
• Use regular expression to split multiple-sentence titles
• Implement special fields as separate fields
• Use Jackson to parse study.yml
• Keep study as a DTO
• Remove stop words during query transformation
• Localized Preferences
• Use # as indicator for BibTeX string constants
• Reviewdog findings are code reviews
• Use Java Native Access to Determine Default Directory
• Store Chats Alongside Database
• Synchronization with remote databases
• Store Chats in MVStore
• Return BibTeX string and CSL Item JSON in the API
• Use Citation Key for Grouping Chat Messages
• Exporting multiple entries to CFF
• Generate Embeddings Online
• Use Apache Commons IO for directory monitoring
• Use TextArea for Chat Message Content
• Use currently active tab in Select style (OO Panel) to decide style type
• RAG Architecture Implementation
• Use BibEntry.getId for BibEntry at indexing
• Use Apache Velocity as template engine
• Display front cover for book citations in the Preview tab
• ADR Template

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