JabRef supports the MS Office Bibliography XML format for exporting and importing.
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.
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: