DBLP¶

DBLP is the authoritative computer-science bibliography: precise titles, venues, years, and DOIs, but no abstracts. Disabled by default — enable it for computer-science queries where venue accuracy matters.

Implementation: src/retrieval/providers/dblp.py

HTTP API¶

Attribute	Value
Search URL	`GET https://dblp.org/search/publ/api`
Query params	`q`, `format=json`, `h` (limit)
Authentication	None
Timeout	60s (search), 15s (health)
Retries	3 with exponential backoff
Rate limiting	HTTP 429 → sleep `Retry-After`

Normalization¶

DBLP hit records map to RetrievedPaper:

DBLP field	`RetrievedPaper` field
`info.title`	`title` (trailing period stripped)
`info.year`	`year`
`info.venue`	`venue`
`info.ee` / `info.url`	`url`
`info.doi`	`doi`
`info.authors.author[]`	`authors`

Because DBLP records carry no abstracts, papers found only through DBLP rank lower on abstract-dependent signals; cross-provider metadata reconciliation fills the abstract when another provider returns the same paper.

Configuration¶

# config/providers.yaml
providers:
  dblp:
    enabled: true

RA_RETRIEVAL__PROVIDERS__DBLP__ENABLED=true