The backwards compatibility is the fact that some journals may still require bibtex, but your content is biblatex and the field year and journal are then usually the only ones who need to be filled (as the other fields are mostly the same). It doesn’t matter where you put your content, at least if you are using biber, These fields are there because both are valid and are just alias fields. These fields are both shown because for backwards compatibility with bibtex. How am I supposed to use the newer “date” field? Just put in the year as I don’t need additional information for references? I am aware that these are not strictly JabRef-related questions, but any hints or links to introductions are really appreciated! The material I can find is mostly outdated, e.g. What is the rationale behind including both fields by default (backwards compatibility to bibtex?)? Has this behaviour changed? Which field am I supposed to use or should I use both? Of course I’d like the fields I don’t have to use to not be in the way.Įdit: Okay, this is really tricky for me: So with “Customize entry types” I can change the required field “journal/journaltitle” to “journaltitle” and the superfluous field disapperas in the entry editor. ( Backwards compatibility to Bibtex gone?) In an older thread it was said the bibtex field “journal” should be in the Other fields tab.

$biblatex with jabref$

In a newly created database, the entry editor shows journal and journaltitle as well as year and date. So I am still digging myself into JabRef and before I start to build a larger database I want to know exactly what I am doing.

Biblatex with jabref