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RAK-WB is a specific bibliographical standard mostly for libraries in germany; the standard goes as follows: RAK-WB.

However, there seems to be no bibtex package/style for this standard. Is there any RAK-WB style for bibtex or do I have to write it on my own? If so, what would be good tutorials/introductions to writing bibtex-style files?

Thanks!

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Have a look here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Bibliography_Management#Localizing_bibliography_appearance.

Bastien Léonard
Your link concerns localisation for bib styles that support it, the question is concerning whether anyone has implemented a .bst for a bib style.
Charles Stewart
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I doubt there is an existing style for RAK-WB; this question is the first Google hit on 'rak-wb bibtex'. :-) So you probably have to make your own.

I would first try the makebst route. That is, run latex makebst and follow the instructions to create a bst file. You will get a few options on a number of formatting decisions. That way, you will not need to understand the bst syntax but can get some control over how the bibliography looks like. The makebst stuff is in the custom-bib package, which should be a part of any typical TeX installation.

But I doubt that that is going to work with a standard that looks that complex, so if it doesn't, you'll need to delve into writing your own bst file. The BibTeX question at the TeX FAQ gives some pointers to documentation. Usually, the best way is to start from a bst file that's close to what you want (the makebst-generated file can help here), and then grab pieces of code from other bst files that do other things that you need.

jk