> I have just committed complete support for all Biblatex 1.0 entry > types in JabRef's Biblatex mode. > Anyone interested can try it out in the latest SVN revision (3397). If > anyone would care to test the functionality, I would be happy to > receive feedback on, for example, the distribution of optional entry > fields between the two editor panes "Optional fields" and "Optional > fields 2". > I plan to add support for optional required fields soon, i.e., the > fact that for example that either the "year" or "date" required fields > can be used in most entry types.
Many thanks for this initial implementation. I'm keen to switch to the biblatex format since it seems a much better, more 'modern' universal base (e.g. allowing articles to have dates so as to represent, say, newspaper articles). I'm currently using the 2.7 beta release. (What SVN rev does that correspond to? There is no tag for it I can see in the SVN repo... In any case, this is at least 3401 with these features in.) Some observations from a quick play around below. I'll try to build the latest SVN revision when I have time (and apologies if any comments below reflect things already changed/fixed). a) Support for the field aliases used by biblatex is missing and is a must IMO. The main point of these is to allow existing .bib files to be used as is (e.g. journal as alias for journaltitle). The current implementation just ignores journal fields. b) The default formatted citation still assumes old-style fields e.g. using journal for the journal title. Therefore, if the user has entries with the 'pure' biblatex form of journaltitle only (no journal), the formatted citation is missing the journal title. So it would seem best to implement the aliases globally within the code (haven't looked at the source yet, but via some sort of alias lookup in a getFieldValue type method). c) There is no mention of the (experimental) biblatex support in the 2.7beta change history. d) Longer term, it would seem to make sense to move the standard/biblatex switch outside of advanced options (e.g. via a toggle icon). It would also be very nice to have the ability to export a biblatex style .bib file as a standard bibtex one (e.g. filling in journal, etc. as required, though there are obviously issues with mapping biblatex-only entry types). I don't know if the biblatex/biber project has considered this and/or there are any existing tools out there for such conversions. Regards, Stuart (monsieurrigsby) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Jabref-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
