13. The system of claim 11 wherein the code stored in the memory and when executed by the processor is further adapted to: a. process a set of metadata or tags associated with the first citation to determine whether the citation is in a compatible citation mark-up format; and b. upon determining the first citation is not in a compatible citation mark-up format, transform the first citation and the metadata or tags associated with the first citation into a compatible citation mark-up format.
13. The system of claim 11 wherein the code stored in the memory and when executed by the processor is further adapted to: a. process a set of metadata or tags associated with the first citation to determine whether the citation is in a compatible citation mark-up format; and b. upon determining the first citation is not in a compatible citation mark-up format, transform the first citation and the metadata or tags associated with the first citation into a compatible citation mark-up format. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein the transforming the first citation further comprises transforming the first citation and a set of data associated with the first citation into a proprietary citation data format.