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Citation Style Language
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<p>The Citation Style Language (CSL) is an open <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> file format that describes schema for the formatting of <a href="/facts/Citation/V9cIWxl8">citations</a> and <a href="/facts/Bibliographic/xul38mej">bibliographies</a>. <a href="/facts/Reference_management_software/SxmxEWcQ">Reference management programs</a> using CSL include <a href="/facts/Zotero/aGQ9tnEA">Zotero</a>, <a href="/facts/Mendeley/RMXvpEV8">Mendeley</a> and <a href="/facts/Papers_(software)/knkLtJU7">Papers</a>. The <a href="/facts/Pandoc/21W5YWMI">Pandoc</a> lightweight document conversion system also supports citations in CSL, <a href="/facts/YAML/mAY10H2Y">YAML</a>, and <a href="/facts/JSON/bs1rUAhd">JSON</a> formats and can render these using any of the CSL styles listed in the Zotero Style Repository. </p>