diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pxd b/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pxd
index 75cfa1b..ac2b7c5 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pxd
+++ b/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pxd
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cdef class OBIDMS_column:
     cpdef index_t get_nb_lines_used(self)
     cpdef str     get_creation_date(self)
     cpdef str     get_comments(self)
+    cpdef dict    get_references(self)
     cpdef         close(self)
     @staticmethod
     cdef  object  get_subclass_type(OBIDMS_column_p column_p)
diff --git a/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pyx b/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pyx
index 3287767..a7cdbb7 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/obidms/_obidms.pyx
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ cdef class OBIDMS_column :
     cpdef str get_comments(self):
         return bytes2str((self.pointer)[0].header.comments)
     
+    cpdef dict get_references(self):    # Make properties
+        refs = {}
+        refs['name'] = self.column_name
+        refs['version'] = (self.pointer)[0].header.version
+        return refs
+    
     def __str__(self) :
         cdef str to_print
         to_print = ''