NIME-PDFs2BibTeX

Problem: How to extract metadata from lots of PDF files from the NIME conference series?

Solution: Some python scripts that extract keywords and abstracts from all the papers (1000+).

1. The Python based scripts try to open the pdf files, then read them the text and the meta-data Pdf-destiller.
2. These data are then stored in an XML-stuctured document.
3. Convert the data to a bibtex-file.

Good to know:

• The bibtex files are contained within the nime_archive/nime/bibtex folder. They do all have .bib suffixes, but be aware, there is also another 'proposal.bib' with same suffix.
• The .pdf files can be found in nime_archive/web/XXXX (where the XXXX are the year in question. From 2001 to 2012).
• The .pdfs are not found in the git repository (they are too big and hence .gitignore d)

Credits

Originally developed by Ola Løvholm, research assistant at the University of Oslo, Department of Musicology