JabRef supports the MS Office Bibliography XML format for exporting and importing.
See https://stackoverflow.com/a/4628718/873282
Some field names in the XML format differ from the field names in the BibTeX/BibLaTeX format and can therefore be not directly mapped between the formats. Therefore this help file provides a list of all field mappings.
| BibTeX/BibLaTeX entry type | XML entry type |
|---|---|
| book | Book |
| inbook | BookSection |
| booklet | BookSection |
| incollection | BookSection |
| article | JournalArticle |
| inproceedings | ConferenceProceedings |
| conference | ConferenceProceedings |
| proceedings | ConferenceProceedings |
| collection | ConferenceProceedings |
| techreport | Report |
| manual | Report |
| mastersthesis | Report |
| phdthesis | Report |
| unpublished | Report |
| patent | Patent |
| misc | Misc |
| electronic | ElectronicSource |
| online | InternetSite |
| periodical | ArticleInAPeriodical |
The field mapping for import and export is mostly the same, but there are some differences, as not all field exists in both formats. Additionally, some fields have to be treated differently during import/export.
| BibTeX/BibLaTeX | XML field |
|---|---|
| bibtexkey | Tag |
| title | Title |
| year | Year |
| note | Comments |
| volume | Volume |
| language | LCID |
| edition | Edition |
| publisher | Publisher |
| booktitle | BookTitle |
| chapter | ChapterNumber |
| issue | Issue |
| school | Department |
| institution | Institution |
| doi | DOI |
| url | url |
| shorttitle | ShortTitle |
| pages | Pages |
| authors | Authors |
| editors | Editors |
| translator | Translator |
| bookauthor | Bookauthor |
| volumes | NumberVolumes |
The following fields are BibTeX/BibLaTex only fields, they have no representation in office XML. In the resulting XML file they are represented with the prefix BIBTEX_
| BibTeX/BibLaTeX only fields | XML representation |
|---|---|
| series | BIBTEX_Series |
| abstract | BIBTEX_Abstract |
| keywords | BIBTEX_KeyWords |
| crossref | BIBTEX_CrossRef |
| howpublished | BIBTEX_HowPublished |
| affiliation | BIBTEX_Affiliation |
| contents | BIBTEX_Contents |
| copyright | BIBTEX_Copyright |
| price | BIBTEX_Price |
| size | BIBTEX_Size |
| intype | BIBTEX_InType |
| paper | BIBTEX_Paper |
| <BibTexEntryType> | BIBTEX_Entry |
| <BibTexEntryType> | SourceType |
| key (not bibtexkey) | BIBTEX_KEY |
| pubstate | BITEX_Pubstate |
The XML field SourceType contains the associated entry type from the first table, while the original BibTeX/BibLaTex entrytype is preserved in the field BIBTEX_ENTRY.
The following fields are XML-only fields, they have no BibTeX/BibLaTex representation: In the resulting bib database they are represented with the prefix msbib-.
| BibTeX/BibLaTex represenation | XML field |
|---|---|
| msbib-numberofvolume | NumberVolumes |
| msbib-periodical | PeriodicalTitle |
| msbib-day | Day |
| msbib-accessed | Accessed (YearAccessed, MonthAccessed, DayAccessed) |
| msbib-medium | Medium |
| msbib-recordingnumber | RecordingNumber |
| msbib-theater | Theater |
| msbib-distributor | Distributor |
| msbib-broadcaster | Broadcaster |
| msbib-station | Station |
| msbib-type | Type |
| msbib-court | Court |
| msbib-reporter | Reporter |
| msbib-casenumber | CaseNumber |
| msbib-abbreviatedcasenumber | AbbreviatedCaseNumber |
| msbib-productioncompany | ProductionCompany |
| msbib-producername | producerNames |
| msbib-composer | composers |
| msbib-conductor | conductors |
| msbib-performer | performers |
| msbib-writer | writers |
| msbib-director | directors |
| msbib-compiler | compilers |
| msbib-interviewer | interviewers |
| msbib-interviewee | interviewees |
| msbib-inventor | inventors |
| msbib-counsel | counsels |
The following fields are treated as follows during export:
| BibTeX/BibLaTeX representation | XML field |
|---|---|
| booktitle | ConferenceName |
| journal | JournalName |
| journaltitle | JournalName |
| month | Month |
| date | year, month, day (if date is in ISO 8601 form |
| issue | issue |
| isbn | StandardNumber |
| issn | StandardNumber |
| lccn | StandardNumber |
| mrnumer | StandardNumber |
| address (if field contains at least one comma) | City |
| address (if field does not contain a comma) | City, StateProvince, CountryRegion |
| location (if field contains at least one comma) | City |
| location (if field does not contain a comma) | City, StateProvince, CountryRegion |
| <EntryType is thesis> | ThesisType |
| <EntryType is patent> number | PatentNumber |
| number (entry is not patent) | Number |
| Authors/Editors (single author/editor is enclosed in curly braces) | Corporate |
The following fields are treated as follows during import:
| BibTeX/BibLaTeX representation | XML field |
|---|---|
| organization | ConferenceName |
| journaltitle | Journal |
| location | City, StateProvince, CountryRegion |