That's a good reason not to use them... THanks for pointing that out. On Nov 5 2014 8:24 AM, Cody Dunne wrote: > I'd suggest against using DOIs as keys. > > Some DOIs are not valid bibtex keys according to JabRef. For example, > this > is a valid DOI: > 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199106)42:5<361::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-# > > Moreover, and unfortunately, DOIs sometimes do change. > > Cheers, > Cody > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:39 AM, EBo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am currently running JabRef-2.10b2 with an Options->BibTeX Key >> Generator->Default Pattern = >> >> [auth][year:(unk)][shorttitle:abbr:upper] >> >> This will set the last name of the author, followed by year, >> followed >> by the first letter of the first three non-trivial words (in upper >> case). That is if there is a year. If not, then it uses unk for >> the >> year... >> >> If you read up on the documentation of the key generator you can >> probably figure it out. I am thinking that there is likely a way to >> do >> it though. >> >> EBo -- >> >> >> On Nov 4 2014 6:22 AM, Jorge Fernandez de Cossio Diaz wrote: >> > So, is there a way to generate a BibTexKey of a form (say >> > [author][year][doi]) if the entry has a DOI, and use another form >> > (say >> > [author][year][journal][firstpage]) if the entry doesn't have a >> DOI? >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus [[email protected]] >> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 08:19 PM >> > To: Jorge Fernandez de Cossio Diaz >> > Cc: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Jabref-users] Using DOI as BibTeX key, but if DOI >> > empty, use other fields. >> > >> > Well, some publishers use (repeat) the DOI as the bibtexkey when >> you >> > export the refrence data of the paper. In Preferences you shoud >> find >> > the section bibtex generator (or a similar name) where the >> bibtexkey >> > is defined as [author][year]. You can use then the DOI but as you >> > say, >> > maybe is not the best choice even if not all your references get a >> > DOI >> > field, if you want to change the [author][year] sistem, you can >> find >> > another more general way to get the bibtexkeys automatically. >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > [http://5.cim.co.cu/cim.gif] >> > >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Jabref-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Jabref-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users >>
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