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+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+// I used Claude 3.7 as the starting point for this code
+
+use citationberg::csl::{self, Style as CslStyle};
+
+// Import CSLN types from your crate
+// Replace "csln" with the actual name of your crate if different
+use csln::style::{
+    Bibliography, Citation, CitationOptions, DateElement, DisambiguateOptions,
+    FormattingAttributes, GroupElement, Metadata, NameFormat, NamesElement,
+    RenderingElement, SortKey, Style, TextElement,
+};
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Example usage
+    let xml_file = "path/to/your/csl/style.csl";
+    let output_json_file = "output.json";
+    let output_yaml_file = "output.yaml";
+
+    let csln_style = convert_csl_to_csln(xml_file)?;
+
+    // Save as JSON
+    let json_string = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&csln_style)?;
+    fs::write(output_json_file, json_string)?;
+
+    // Save as YAML
+    let yaml_string = serde_yaml::to_string(&csln_style)?;
+    fs::write(output_yaml_file, yaml_string)?;
+
+    println!("Conversion completed successfully!");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn convert_csl_to_csln(csl_path: &str) -> Result<Style, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let csl_content = fs::read_to_string(csl_path)?;
+    let style = citationberg::Citationberg::from_xml_str(&csl_content)?;
+
+    match style {
+        citationberg::Citationberg::Style(style) => convert_style_to_csln(style),
+        citationberg::Citationberg::Locale(_) => {
+            Err("Cannot convert locale files to CSLN".into())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn convert_style_to_csln(style: CslStyle) -> Result<Style, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    // Create the CSLN Style object
+    let mut csln_style = Style {
+        metadata: Metadata {
+            id: style.info.id,
+            title: style.info.title,
+            version: "1.0.0".to_string(), // Default version for CSLN
+            description: style.info.description,
+            authors: None, // Could be extracted from CSL if needed
+        },
+        citation: None,
+        bibliography: None,
+        macros: HashMap::new(),
+    };
+
+    // Convert citation specification
+    if let Some(citation) = style.citation {
+        csln_style.citation = Some(convert_citation_to_csln(&citation)?);
+    }
+
+    // Convert bibliography specification
+    if let Some(bibliography) = style.bibliography {
+        csln_style.bibliography = Some(convert_bibliography_to_csln(&bibliography)?);
+    }
+
+    // Convert macros
+    csln_style.macros = convert_macros_to_csln(&style.macro_map)?;
+
+    Ok(csln_style)
+}
+
+fn convert_citation_to_csln(
+    citation: &csl::Citation,
+) -> Result<Citation, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut csln_citation = Citation {
+        layout: Vec::new(),
+        sort: citation.sort.unwrap_or(false),
+        options: None,
+    };
+
+    // Convert layout
+    if let Some(layout) = &citation.layout {
+        csln_citation.layout = convert_layout_to_csln(layout)?;
+    }
+
+    // Convert options
+    if let Some(options) = &citation.options {
+        csln_citation.options = Some(CitationOptions {
+            collapse: options.collapse.clone(),
+            disambiguate: if options.disambiguate_add_names
+                || options.disambiguate_add_year_suffix
+            {
+                Some(DisambiguateOptions {
+                    add_names: options.disambiguate_add_names,
+                    add_year_suffix: options.disambiguate_add_year_suffix,
+                })
+            } else {
+                None
+            },
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(csln_citation)
+}
+
+fn convert_bibliography_to_csln(
+    bibliography: &csl::Bibliography,
+) -> Result<Bibliography, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut csln_bibliography = Bibliography { layout: Vec::new(), sort: None };
+
+    // Convert layout
+    if let Some(layout) = &bibliography.layout {
+        csln_bibliography.layout = convert_layout_to_csln(layout)?;
+    }
+
+    // Convert sorting rules if present
+    if let Some(sort) = &bibliography.sort {
+        let mut sort_keys = Vec::new();
+        for key in &sort.keys {
+            sort_keys.push(SortKey {
+                variable: key.variable.clone(),
+                macro_name: key.macro_name.clone(),
+                sort: key
+                    .sort
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map_or_else(|| "ascending".to_string(), |s| s.to_string()),
+            });
+        }
+        csln_bibliography.sort = Some(sort_keys);
+    }
+
+    Ok(csln_bibliography)
+}
+
+fn convert_layout_to_csln(
+    layout: &csl::Layout,
+) -> Result<Vec<RenderingElement>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut elements = Vec::new();
+
+    for rendering_element in &layout.rendering_elements {
+        elements.push(convert_rendering_element_to_csln(rendering_element)?);
+    }
+
+    Ok(elements)
+}
+
+fn convert_rendering_element_to_csln(
+    element: &csl::RenderingElement,
+) -> Result<RenderingElement, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    match element {
+        csl::RenderingElement::Text(text) => {
+            let text_element = TextElement {
+                value: text.value.clone(),
+                variable: text.variable.as_ref().map(|v| v.to_string()),
+                macro_name: text.macro_name.clone(),
+                formatting: extract_formatting_attributes(text),
+            };
+
+            Ok(RenderingElement::Text(text_element))
+        }
+        csl::RenderingElement::Date(date) => {
+            let date_element = DateElement {
+                variable: date.variable.to_string(),
+                parts: date.date_parts.clone(),
+                formatting: extract_formatting_attributes(date),
+            };
+
+            Ok(RenderingElement::Date(date_element))
+        }
+        csl::RenderingElement::Names(names) => {
+            // Extract variables as a comma-separated string
+            let variable = names.variables.join(", ");
+
+            let name_format = if let Some(name) = &names.name {
+                Some(NameFormat {
+                    form: name.form.as_ref().map(|f| f.to_string()),
+                    initialize: name.initialize,
+                    initialize_with: name.initialize_with.clone(),
+                    delimiter: name.delimiter.clone(),
+                })
+            } else {
+                None
+            };
+
+            let names_element = NamesElement {
+                variable,
+                format: name_format,
+                formatting: extract_formatting_attributes(names),
+            };
+
+            Ok(RenderingElement::Names(names_element))
+        }
+        csl::RenderingElement::Group(group) => {
+            let mut items = Vec::new();
+            for child in &group.rendering_elements {
+                items.push(convert_rendering_element_to_csln(child)?);
+            }
+
+            let group_element = GroupElement {
+                delimiter: group.delimiter.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
+                items,
+                formatting: extract_formatting_attributes(group),
+            };
+
+            Ok(RenderingElement::Group(group_element))
+        }
+        // Handle other element types as needed
+        _ => {
+            // This is a placeholder. You would implement conversion for other elements
+            // based on your CSLN schema
+            Err("Unsupported rendering element type".into())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn extract_formatting_attributes<T: csl::Formatting>(
+    element: &T,
+) -> FormattingAttributes {
+    FormattingAttributes {
+        font_style: element.font_style().map(|s| s.to_string()),
+        font_weight: element.font_weight().map(|w| w.to_string()),
+        text_decoration: element.text_decoration().map(|d| d.to_string()),
+        text_case: element.text_case().map(|c| c.to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+fn convert_macros_to_csln(
+    macro_map: &HashMap<String, csl::Macro>,
+) -> Result<HashMap<String, Vec<RenderingElement>>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut csln_macros = HashMap::new();
+
+    for (name, macro_def) in macro_map {
+        let mut elements = Vec::new();
+
+        for element in &macro_def.rendering_elements {
+            elements.push(convert_rendering_element_to_csln(element)?);
+        }
+
+        csln_macros.insert(name.clone(), elements);
+    }
+
+    Ok(csln_macros)
+}
+
+// Function to batch convert a directory of CSL files
+pub fn convert_directory(
+    input_dir: &Path,
+    output_dir: &Path,
+    format: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    if !output_dir.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(output_dir)?;
+    }
+
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(input_dir)? {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let path = entry.path();
+
+        if path.is_file() && path.extension().map_or(false, |ext| ext == "csl") {
+            let file_stem = path.file_stem().unwrap().to_string_lossy();
+            let csln_style = convert_csl_to_csln(path.to_str().unwrap())?;
+
+            let output_path = match format {
+                "json" => output_dir.join(format!("{}.json", file_stem)),
+                "yaml" => output_dir.join(format!("{}.yaml", file_stem)),
+                _ => return Err(format!("Unsupported output format: {}", format).into()),
+            };
+
+            match format {
+                "json" => {
+                    fs::write(&output_path, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&csln_style)?)?
+                }
+                "yaml" => fs::write(&output_path, serde_yaml::to_string(&csln_style)?)?,
+                _ => unreachable!(),
+            }
+
+            println!("Converted: {} -> {}", path.display(), output_path.display());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// Function to work directly with the CSLN model
+// This will be useful if you want to add this to your library
+pub fn convert_csl_string_to_csln_model(csl_xml: &str) -> Result<Style, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let style = citationberg::Citationberg::from_xml_str(csl_xml)?;
+
+    match style {
+        citationberg::Citationberg::Style(style) => convert_style_to_csln(style),
+        citationberg::Citationberg::Locale(_) => {
+            Err("Cannot convert locale files to CSLN".into())
+        }
+    }
+}