{
  "id": "biber",
  "name": "Biber",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/plk/biber",
  "description": "Backend processor for BibLaTeX",
  "executables": [
    "biber"
  ],
  "dotfiles": {
    "paths": [
      "~/.biber.conf",
      "[configHome]/biber/biber.conf",
      "~/Library/biber/biber.conf",
      "%APPDATA%/biber.conf"
    ],
    "secret": []
  },
  "commands": {
    "format": 1,
    "label": "Process bibliography",
    "description": "Run biber on a .bcf control file, or in tool mode on a datasource. Covers common output and validation options; sorting, encoding and macro options are left out.",
    "quality": "ai-draft",
    "parser": {
      "end_of_options": "--",
      "interleave": "permute",
      "long_equals": true,
      "short_attached": true,
      "short_bundles": false
    },
    "source": [
      {
        "id": "help",
        "kind": "help",
        "revision": "biber 2.14",
        "evidence": "biber [options] file[.bcf]\nbiber [options] --tool <datasource>\n--configfile|-g [file]\n--debug|-D\n--input-directory [directory]\n--nolog\n--output-directory [directory]\n--output-file|-O [file]\n--output-format=dot|bibtex|biblatexml|bbl|bblxml\n--output-resolve\n--quiet|-q\n--tool\n--validate-datamodel|-V\n"
      }
    ],
    "field": [
      {
        "id": "tool",
        "label": "Tool mode",
        "description": "Treat the input as a datasource and write a processed copy instead of a .bbl.",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--tool"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "output_format",
        "label": "Output format",
        "type": "enum",
        "option": [
          "--output-format"
        ],
        "choices": [
          {
            "value": "dot",
            "label": "DOT"
          },
          {
            "value": "bibtex",
            "label": "BibTeX"
          },
          {
            "value": "biblatexml",
            "label": "BibLaTeXML"
          },
          {
            "value": "bbl",
            "label": "bbl"
          },
          {
            "value": "bblxml",
            "label": "bblXML"
          }
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "output_file",
        "label": "Output file",
        "type": "path",
        "option": [
          "--output-file",
          "-O"
        ],
        "path": {
          "kind": "file",
          "role": "output"
        },
        "effect": "overwrite",
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "output_directory",
        "label": "Output directory",
        "type": "path",
        "option": [
          "--output-directory"
        ],
        "path": {
          "kind": "directory",
          "role": "output"
        },
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "input_directory",
        "label": "Input directory",
        "type": "path",
        "option": [
          "--input-directory"
        ],
        "path": {
          "kind": "directory",
          "role": "input"
        },
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "configfile",
        "label": "Config file",
        "type": "path",
        "option": [
          "--configfile",
          "-g"
        ],
        "path": {
          "kind": "file",
          "role": "input"
        },
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "resolve",
        "label": "Resolve xdata, crossrefs and sets in output",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--output-resolve"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "validate",
        "label": "Validate against data model",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--validate-datamodel",
          "-V"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "quiet",
        "label": "Quiet",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--quiet",
          "-q"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "nolog",
        "label": "No log file",
        "type": "boolean",
        "option": [
          "--nolog"
        ],
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "input",
        "label": "Input (.bcf or datasource)",
        "type": "path",
        "position": 0,
        "min": 1,
        "path": {
          "kind": "file",
          "role": "input",
          "must_exist": true
        },
        "sources": [
          "help"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "task": [
      {
        "id": "run",
        "label": "Process a .bcf file",
        "fields": [
          "input",
          "quiet",
          "output_directory"
        ],
        "required": [
          "input"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "tool",
        "label": "Convert a datasource (tool mode)",
        "fields": [
          "tool",
          "input",
          "output_format",
          "output_file",
          "resolve"
        ],
        "required": [
          "tool",
          "input"
        ],
        "set": {
          "tool": [
            true
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "group": [
      {
        "id": "basic",
        "label": "Basic",
        "fields": [
          "input",
          "tool",
          "output_format",
          "output_file",
          "output_directory"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "advanced",
        "label": "Advanced",
        "fields": [
          "input_directory",
          "configfile",
          "resolve",
          "validate",
          "quiet",
          "nolog"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}