# MS Office Bibliography XML format JabRef supports the MS Office Bibliography XML format for exporting and importing. ## Howto: Import from Microsoft Word See ## Entry Type Mappings 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ConferenceProceedings | | techreport | Report | | manual | Report | | mastersthesis | Report | | phdthesis | Report | | unpublished | Report | | patent | Patent | | misc | Misc | | electronic | ElectronicSource | | online | InternetSite | | periodical | ArticleInAPeriodical | ## Field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 | | urldate | YearAccessed, MonthAccessed, DayAccessed | ### 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 | | \ | BIBTEX\_Entry | | \ | 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-`. | 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 | ### Special Export treatment 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 | | \ | ThesisType | | \ number | PatentNumber | | number (entry is not patent) | Number | | Authors/Editors (single author/editor is enclosed in curly braces) | Corporate | | author (if entry type is patent) | Inventor | ### Special Import treatment The following fields are treated as follows during import: | BibTeX/biblatex representation | XML field | | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | | organization | ConferenceName | | journaltitle | Journal | | location | City, StateProvince, CountryRegion |