Bug report: export Conference Paper to bibtex yields a "journal" entry

MarcSchroeder
First, let me say I am stunned by the power of Zotero and it is now my preferred bibliography mgmt system.

Using Zotero 1.0.7, I noticed a mistake in bibtex export. The following was a "Conference Paper" entry with a Title, two Authors, a date, a Proceedings Title, and a Location. After exporting to bibtex, all looks fine except that there is an additional "journal" entry:

@inproceedings{schrder_mary_2007,
address = {Bonn, Germany},
title = {MARY TTS participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2007},
booktitle = {Proc. Blizzard Challenge 2007},
journal = {Proc. Blizzard Challenge 2007},
author = {M. Schr\"{o}der and A. Hunecke},
year = {2007}
}
  • Tjowens
    It looks like this was resolved, at least it works for me. Try updating your BibTeX translator. Click the Update Now button in the General pane of the Zotero prefs.
  • MarcSchroeder
    Nope, problem still exists. Maybe something unexpected about my entry? I enclose a "Zotero RDF" version below, maybe that helps?

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <RDF:RDF xmlns:z="http://www.zotero.org/namespaces/export#"
    xmlns:link="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/link/"
    xmlns:vcard="http://nwalsh.com/rdf/vCard#"
    xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/"
    xmlns:prism="http://prismstandard.org/namespaces/1.2/basic/"
    xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:bib="http://purl.org/net/biblio#"
    xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
    xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
    <vcard:Address RDF:about="rdf:#$pW1tb2"
    vcard:locality="Bonn, Germany" />
    <RDF:Seq RDF:about="rdf:#$nW1tb2">
    <RDF:li RDF:resource="rdf:#$mW1tb2"/>
    <RDF:li RDF:resource="rdf:#$oW1tb2"/>
    </RDF:Seq>
    <RDF:Description RDF:ID="item_13106"
    z:itemType="conferencePaper"
    dc:date="2007">
    <dc:publisher RDF:resource="rdf:#$lW1tb2"/>
    <bib:authors RDF:resource="rdf:#$nW1tb2"/>
    <dc:title>MARY TTS participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2007</dc:title>
    <dc:title>Proc. Blizzard Challenge 2007</dc:title>
    </RDF:Description>
    <foaf:Person RDF:about="rdf:#$mW1tb2"
    foaf:surname="Schröder"
    foaf:givenname="M." />
    <foaf:Person RDF:about="rdf:#$oW1tb2"
    foaf:surname="Hunecke"
    foaf:givenname="A." />
    <foaf:Organization RDF:about="rdf:#$lW1tb2">
    <vcard:adr RDF:resource="rdf:#$pW1tb2"/>
    </foaf:Organization>
    </RDF:RDF>
  • MarcSchroeder
    Ah, interesting: when I remove "Proceedings Title" and add the text into "Conference name", then the bibtex output becomes as intended:

    @inproceedings{schrder_mary_2007,
    address = {Bonn, Germany},
    title = {MARY TTS participation in the Blizzard Challenge 2007},
    booktitle = {Proc. Blizzard Challenge 2007},
    author = {M. Schr\"{o}der and A. Hunecke},
    year = {2007}
    }

    However, that should at least be symmetrical with bibtex import, and actually, it is not intuitive to claim that the "Conference Name" was "Proc. Blizzard Challenge 2007"... so basically, I suggest that "conference paper" Zotero entries should allow for a Proceedings Title entry without exporting a "journal" field to bibtex format.
  • dstillman
    The BibTeX translator isn't available via "Update Now" in 1.0—you need to use "Reset Translators and Styles" in the Advanced pane of the Zotero prefs. But I believe this is the bug I fixed since 1.0.7, in which case you'd need to do the reset in a 1.0 dev build or wait for 1.0.8.
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