code: def parse_file(file_or_path, encoding='utf-8', validate=False):
      
      try:
          is_string = isinstance(file_or_path, basestring)
      except NameError:
          is_string = isinstance(file_or_path, str)
      if is_string:
          with codecs.open(file_or_path, 'r', encoding) as file_:
              result = pattern.parseFile(file_)[0]
      else:
          result = pattern.parseFile(file_or_path)[0]
      if validate:
          result.validate()
      return result
docs: Tries to parse a given filepath or fileobj into a Bibliography instance. If
      ``validate`` is passed as keyword argument and set to ``True``, the
      Bibliography will be validated using the standard rules.