Support for BibLaTeX

[Robert Jäschke]

Biblatex http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex is a substitute for BibTeX and uses a slightly different file format (see the documentation: http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf):

The entry types and fields supported by this package should for the most part be intuitive to use for anyone familiar with BibTeX. However, apart from the additional types and fields provided by this package, some of the familiar ones are handled in a way which is in need of explanation. This package includes some compatibility code for bib files which were generated with a traditional BibTeX style in mind. Unfortunately, it is not possible to handle all legacy files automatically because biblatex’s data model is slightly different from traditional BibTeX. Therefore, such bib files will most likely require editing in order to work properly with this package. In sum, the following items are different from traditional BibTeX styles:

• The entry type @inbook. See §§ 2.1.1 and 2.3.1 for details.
• The fields institution, organization, and publisher as well as the aliases address and school. See §§ 2.2.2, 2.2.5, 2.3.4 for details.
• The handling of certain types of titles. See § 2.3.5 for details.
• The field series. See §§ 2.2.2 and 2.3.7 for details.
• The fields year and month. See §§ 2.2.2, 2.3.8, 2.3.9 for details.
• The field edition. See § 2.2.2 for details.
• The field key. See § 2.3.2 for details.

The goal of this task is to implement Biblatex support in BibSonomy - both for import and export.

[Knut Wenzig]

Would be great, if - after choosing a biblatex-view - the possible entry types a reduced to those discussed in the biblatex documentation and the required and optional field are respectively displayed.