Strings
BibTeX supports storing constant strings using
@String {key = value}. JabRef supports managing them using Library → Edit string constants, which opens the String Editor. These values can be used in fields. For example, you can have:@String { kopp = "Kopp, Oliver" }
@String { kubovy = "Kubovy, Jan" }
@String { et = " and " }
and then in some entry for example
@Misc{m1,
author = kopp # et # kubovy,
}
or
@Misc{m2,
author = kopp # " and " # kubovy,
}
In the JabRef field editor, the author has to be inserted as
#kopp# #et# #kubovy# or #kopp# and #kubovy#.Strings are rendered specially in the entry editor. This is especially important in the case of months. For instance, take the following BibTeX entry:
@Misc{m3,
month = may,
}
In JabRef, the entry editor then displays
#may#. In case the entry editor just displays may, this is written as follows:@Misc{m4,
month = {may},
}
In other words: The character
# indicates something special in the entry editor.JabRef enhances the concept of Strings to add a type to those
@Strings. The issue is how to preserve such type of a string in a BibTeX file. JabRef adds the type though prefixes:@String { aKopp = "Kopp, Oliver" }is a@Stringwith the type author.@String { iMIT = "{Massachusetts Institute of Technology ({MIT})}" }is a@Stringwith the type of institution.@String { anct = "Anecdote" }is a@Stringof type other.@String { lTOSCA = "Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications" }is a@Stringof type other.
Then
@Strings of type author should be used for author and editors fields only. @Strings of type institution should be used for institution and organization fields only. @Strings of type publisher should be used only for publisher fields. And finally @Strings of type other can be used anywhere.It can also happen that you will have the same institution for more types:
@String { aMIT = "{Massachusetts Institute of Technology ({MIT})}" }if the institution will appear as author or editor@String { iMIT = "{Massachusetts Institute of Technology ({MIT})}" }if the institution will appear as institution or organization@String { pMIT = "{Massachusetts Institute of Technology ({MIT}) press}" }if the institution will appear as publisher.
Even if the last example may appear contradicting the intention was to remove duplicity and unify the names of persons and institutions.
\@String{aKahle = "Kahle, Brewster "}-> author\@String{aStallman = "Stallman, Richard"}-> author\@String{iMIT = "{Massachusetts Institute of Technology ({MIT})}" }-> institution\@String{pMIT = "{Massachusetts Institute of Technology ({MIT}) press}" }-> publisher\@String{anct = "Anecdote" }-> other\@String{eg = "for example" }-> other\@String{et = " and " }-> other\@String{lBigMac = "Big Mac" }-> other
Usage:
\@Misc {
title = "The GNU Project"
author = aStallman # et # aKahle
institution = iMIT
publisher = pMIT
note = "Just " # eg
}
See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/303467/bibliography-contents-journal-names-not-abbreviated-even-with-ieeeabrv/303489#303489 for a MWE for string constants.
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