.bib
file, which is
expressed as LaTeX macros. (The package provides a BibTeX style
that performs the transformation, so that a LaTeX source containing
a \
nocite{*}
command enables BibTeX to produce a usable
amsrefs bibliography database.)
Amsrefs is maintained by the AMS as part of its author
support programme,
Biblatex uses BibTeX more-or-less as normal, but with
biblatex’s own style; the style of citations and of the
bibliography itself is determined by the way your biblatex
style has been set up. This structure eliminates the collections of
BibTeX styles, at a stroke; the package comes with a basic set of
styles, and details are determined by options, set at package loading
time. The author, Philipp Lehman, evaluated the whole field of
bibliography software before starting, and as a result the package
comes with answers to many of the questions asked in the bibliography
sections of these FAQs.
Biblatex is released as experimental software, but it’s
clear that many users are already using it happily; Lehman is
responsive to problem reports, at the moment, but a set of expert
users is already establishing itself.
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