[Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

[Wes Turner]

On Sunday, September 9, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Python Programming Language" (van Rossum, et. Al) YYYY
>
> ?
>
> Should there be a URL and/or a DOI?
>

http://www.python.org/~guido/Publications.html
https://gvanrossum.github.io/Publications.html
lists a number of Python citations:

"""
Python

Guido van Rossum: Scripting the Web with Python. In "Scripting Languages:
Automating the Web", World Wide Web Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, Spring
1997, O'Reilly.

Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, James C. Ahlstrom: Internet Programming
with Python. MIS Press/Henry Holt publishers, New York, 1996.

Guido van Rossum: Python Library Reference. May 1995. CWI Report CS-R9524.

Guido van Rossum: Python Reference Manual. May 1995. CWI Report CS-R9525.

Guido van Rossum: Python Tutorial. May 1995. CWI Report CS-R9526.

Guido van Rossum: Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter. May 1995.
CWI Report CS-R9527.

Guido van Rossum, Jelke de Boer: Linking a Stub Generator (AIL) to a
Prototyping Language (Python). Spring 1991 EurOpen Conference Proceedings
(May 20-24, 1991) Tromso, Norway.
"""


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Python#Version_release_dates cites
http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/brief-timeline-of-python.html as
a reference (for Python versions up to 2.6 and 3.0):

- 0.9 - 1991
- 1.0 - 1994
- 2.0 - 2000
- 3.0 - 2008
  - 3.7 - 2018


Maybe it would be most productive for us to discuss the fields in the
proposed citation?

~"PSF is the author"


@article{python,
 title={{P}ython ...},
 author={Van Rossum, G. and Python Software Foundation (PSF), The.} ,
 journal={ },
 volume={ },
 pages={ },
 year={ }
}
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