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unpublished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
Field mappings
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
BibTeX/BibLaTeX only fields
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.
MS-Bib only fields
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-.