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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-02-13 23:31:33 +0000
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-$Id: RELEASE,v 1.1b 2011/02/04 11:36:21 lehman stable $
+$Id: RELEASE,v 1.2a 2011/02/13 12:05:37 lehman stable $
+RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.2
+
+* Remote resources, experimental RIS import [Biber only]
+
+ Biber 0.8 features support for remote .bib files (HTTP/FTP) and
+ experimental RIS file import. See the Biber manual and
+ \addbibresource in the biblatex manual for details.
+
+* \bibliography superseded by \addbibresource
+
+ As Biber development opens new possibilities, I've refactored the
+ user interface for specifying bibliographic resources.
+ \bibliography is superseded by \addbibresource. There are two
+ differences when using \addbibresource:
+
+ 1) Always give the full file name, do not omit the .bib extension.
+ 2) No comma-separated lists, use one \addbibresource per bib file.
+
+ For example, the old form:
+
+ \bibliography{file1,file2}
+
+ is superseded by:
+
+ \addbibresource{file1.bib}
+ \addbibresource{file2.bib}
+
+ \addbibresource also supports options:
+
+ \addbibresource[location=local,type=file,datatype=bibtex]{file1.bib}
+
+ You only need to specify options which differ from the defaults
+ (local/file/bibtex), e.g.:
+
+ \addbibresource[datatype=ris]{file.ris}
+ \addbibresource[location=remote]{ftp://192.168.3.57/~fred/file1.bib}
+
+ The change is fully backwards compatible since \bibliography is
+ still available. There is no need to update existing files but
+ \addbibresource is the recommended way for new files.
+
+* Smart/customizable 'crossref' data inheritance [Biber only]
+
+ Biber has been supporting 'crossref' customization for some time
+ but the biblatex user interface was still missing. This release
+ finally adds a user interface. This means that you may configure
+ how the data is inherited from the entry the 'crossref' field
+ refers to. The manual has all the details, including the default
+ settings.
+
+ If you're using the 'crossref' field, this change is a significant
+ one since the smart data inheritance is set up by default. By
+ 'smart' I mean a sensible parent/child field mapping which
+ replaces BibTeX's symmetric mapping. There is no need any more to
+ duplicate fields.
+
+ BibTeX crossref:
+
+ book -> inbook
+ -----------------------------------
+ title -> title
+ booktitle -> booktitle
+
+ Biber crossref:
+
+ book -> inbook
+ -----------------------------------
+ title -> booktitle
+
+* New multi-volume entry types
+
+ There are four new entry types in this release: mvbook,
+ mvcollection, mvproceedings, mvreference. They are similar to the
+ established types without the 'mv' prefix but indicate a
+ multi-volume work explicitly.
+
+ This difference is crucial of you want to leverage Biber's
+ 'crossref' support because titles are inherited differently in
+ this case:
+
+ book -> inbook
+ -----------------------------------
+ title -> booktitle
+ subtitle -> booksubtitle
+ titleaddon -> booktitleaddon
+
+ mvbook -> inbook
+ -----------------------------------
+ title -> maintitle
+ subtitle -> mainsubtitle
+ titleaddon -> maintitleaddon
+
RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.1
Starting with this release, we'll leverage the possibilities of Biber