.. auto-generated by script ../../../../utils/nxdl2rst.py from the NXDL source ../../../../contributed_definitions/NXcite.nxdl.xml

.. index::
    ! NXcite (contributed definition)
    ! cite (contributed definition)
    see: cite (contributed definition); NXcite

.. _NXcite:

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NXcite
======

**Status**:

  contributed definition, extends :ref:`NXobject`, version 1.0

**Description**:

  Definition to include references for example for detectors,
  manuals, instruments, acquisition or analysis software used.

  The idea would be to include this in the relevant NeXus object:
  NXdetector for detectors, NXinstrument for instruments, etc

**Symbols**:

  No symbol table

**Groups cited**:
  none

**Structure**:

  .. index:: description (data field)

  **description**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    This should describe the reason for including this reference.
    For example: The dataset in this group was normalised using the method 
    which is described in detail in this reference.

  .. index:: doi (data field)

  **doi**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    DOI referencing the document or data.

  .. index:: endnote (data field)

  **endnote**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Bibliographic reference data in EndNote format.

  .. index:: bibtex (data field)

  **bibtex**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Bibliographic reference data in BibTeX format.

**Source**:
  Automatically generated from https://github.com/nexusformat/definitions/blob/master/contributed_definitions/NXcite.nxdl.xml