Citing the CASRAI Dictionary

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Every URL the CASRAI Dictionary serves resolves indefinitely. Deprecated entries return 200 OK with a banner pointing at their successor — they do not 404, and they do not 301 silently.

Citing the dictionary as a whole

Recommended forms:

APA (7th): CASRAI Editorial Board. (2026). CASRAI Dictionary (v2026.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/dictionary/

Chicago: CASRAI Editorial Board. "CASRAI Dictionary." v2026.1. CASRAI, 2026. https://casrai.org/dictionary/.

Vancouver: CASRAI Editorial Board. CASRAI Dictionary [Internet]. v2026.1. CASRAI; 2026 [cited 2026 May 17]. Available from: https://casrai.org/dictionary/

Citing an individual term

Use the term's canonical URI and version. Example for the term Access:

@misc{casrai_access_2026,
  title = {Access},
  author = {{CASRAI Editorial Board}},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {CASRAI},
  note = {CASRAI Dictionary v2026.1},
  url = {https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/access/}
}

Every term page also offers a one-click "Cite this term" widget producing APA, Chicago, Vancouver, BibTeX, and RIS exports.

Citing a release as a dataset

For systematic reuse of an entire release, cite the dictionary release as a dataset. DOI minting (via DataCite) ships in Phase 5; until then, use the version-pinned URL.

Citing CRediT

The Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) is stewarded by NISO as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. When citing a CRediT role, prefer the canonical NISO URI (e.g., https://casrai.org/credit/roles/conceptualization) and cite the NISO standard.

Attribution under CC-BY 4.0

When reusing dictionary content in your own system or publication, include:

• The dictionary or term name
• The version (e.g., v2026.1)
• A link back to the canonical URL
• "CASRAI Dictionary, CC-BY 4.0"

Example: "Access (CASRAI Dictionary v2026.1, CC-BY 4.0, https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/access/)"