The Medline (txt) format can be used by a simple text document. Here, you have to write the field names at the beginning of each line. The Medline (xml) format is a XML document. The field name has to be written between < and >. For further information visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/licensee/elements_descriptions.html. Medline (txt) and Medline (xml) always take the type "article". RIS works similar to Medline (txt) with the difference that different fields are supported and the file extension is "ris".
In other sources, you might encounter "MedlinePlain" as a synonym for "Medline (txt)" and "Medline" as a synonym for "Medline (XML)".
| Field | Medline (txt) | Medline (XML) | RIS |
|---|---|---|---|
Abstract
AB
Abstract / AbstractText
AB
Affiliation
AD
Article Date
ArticleDate
Article Identifier
AID
Article
Article Title
ArticleTitle
Author
AU
AuthorList
AU/A1
Author Identifier
AUID
Book Title
BTI
BT
Chemical List
ChemicalList
Citation Subset
CitationSubset
Collection Title
CTI
Collaborators
A3
Comments Corrections List
CommentsCorrectionsList
Corporate Author
CN
Copyright Information
CopyrightInformation
Create Date
CRDT
Country
Country
Data Bank List
DataBankList
Date Completed
DCOM
DateCompleted
Date Created
DA
DateCreated
Date Last Revised
LR
DateRevised
Date of Electronic Publication
DEP
Date of Publication
DP
Y2
Delete Citation
DeleteCitation
DOI
DOI
Edition
EN
Editor and Full Editor Name
FED
ED
End
ER
End Page
EP
Entrez Date
EDAT
Full Author
FAU
Full Personal Name as Subject
FPS
Gene Symbol
GS
General Note
GN
GeneralNote
Grant List
GrantList
Grant Number
GR
Investigator Name and Full Investigator Name
IR/FIR
Investigator List
InvestigatorList
ISO Abbreviation
ISOAbbreviation
ISBN
ISBN
SN
ISSN
IS
ISSN
ISSN Linking
ISSNLinking
Issue
IP
Issue
IS
Journal Issue
JournalIssue
Journal Title
JT
Journal
JO/JF/JA
Journal Title Abbreviation
TA
Keywords
KeywordList
KW
Language
LA
Language
Location Identifier
LID
Manuscript Identifier
MID
Medline Title Abbreviation
MedlineTA
Medline Date
MedlineDate
MeSH Date
MHDA
Mesh Heading List
MeshHeadingList
MeSH Terms
MH
Misc
M1-M3
NLM Unique ID
JID
NlmUniqueID
Note
N1
Number of References
RF
Other Abstract and other abstract language
OAB/OABL
OtherAbstract
Other Copyright Information
OCI
Other ID
OID
OtherID
Other Term
OT
Other Term Owner
OTO
Owner
OWN
Pagination
PG
Pagination
Personal Name as Subject
PS
Personal Name as Subject List
PersonalNameSubjectList
Place of Publication
PL
Publication History Status
PHST
Publication Status
PST
Publication Type
PT
Publication Type List
PublicationTypeList
Publisher
PB
Publishing Date
PubDate
Publishing Model
PUBM
PubMed Central Identifier
PMCR
PubmMed Unique Identifier
PMID
PMID
Registry Number
RN
Reprint
RP
Start Page
SP
Substance Name
NM
Supplemental Mesh List
SupplMeshList
Secondary Source ID
SI
Source
SO
Space Flight Mission
SFM
Status
STAT
Subset
SB
Title
TI
Title
TI/T1
Transliterated Title
TT
Type
TY
URL
UR
User Text
U1-U3
Volume
VI
Volume
VL
Volume Title
VTI
Vernacular Title
VernacularTitle
Year
PY/Y1
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 |
|---|---|
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.
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_
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-.
The following fields are treated as follows during export:
The following fields are treated as follows during import:
| BibTeX/BibLaTeX | XML field |
|---|---|
| BibTeX/biblatex only fields | XML representation |
|---|---|
| BibTeX/BibLaTex represenation | XML field |
|---|---|
| BibTeX/biblatex representation | XML field |
|---|---|
| BibTeX/biblatex representation | XML field |
|---|---|
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
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
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
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
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
author (if entry type is patent)
Inventor
organization
ConferenceName
journaltitle
Journal
location
City, StateProvince, CountryRegion