On 22.05.2008, at 23:42, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
>> This may not be a bad idea in general, seeing as different BibTeX
>> replacement systems that rely on the same format but different or
>> expanded fields and types could be more easily set.
>>
>> -AHM
>>
>
> But are there many different systems? So is there another effective
> standard apart from bibtex and biblatex?

Many bibtex style bring their own fields; jurabib for example brought  
quite a lot of new fields. I'm sure other styles do as well.
> And how much of a standard is
> biblatex ATM?

Biblatex is considered stable; maybe Philipp will add new types/field  
in later releases, but the current ones are here to stay.
> Perhaps we could add an easy choice for either of these
> two default settings (with some custom stuff thrown in, as is also
> currently the case), and leave other settings to the user, in the
> Advanced section of the prefs. I think that could cover it for most
> users, while allowing the current flexibility for advanced users.

That sounds like a good idea to me.

simon

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