Compatibility of the .bbl output of biber versus bibtex

Asked Feb 12 '17 at 04:05

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What is the difference between the .bbl file produced by Biber versus Bibtex?

The problem is that arXiv.org doesn't work with the .bbl file produced by Biber but it does work with the Bibtex output. Is there any way around this issue?

edited Feb 12 '17 at 10:15

gernot

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asked Feb 12 '17 at 04:05

DBS

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The differences are profound and irreconcilable (you should compare the two yourself to see how different they are); see here and (a more positive assessment) here. – jon Feb 12 '17 at 04:27
If you are submitting to arXiv you probably won't be able to use Biber (it might not even be possible to use biblatex with BibTeX, but I'm not sure). See Biblatex: submitting to the arXiv, Biblatex: submitting to a journal, arXiv says that it is possible to upload the .bbl file, but keep getting errors related to BibLaTeX/Biber as well as linked questions. – moewe Feb 12 '17 at 06:25
Oh, I just found: What version of texlive is arXiv running? where the answer claims that if you upload your Biber-generated .bbl and use the exact biblatex/Biber versions that arXiv uses, you might be fine. – moewe Feb 12 '17 at 06:31
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I'm not sure this is a dupe: I could cover what the biblatex team have done in this area at a technical level which isn't in the other answers, for example. – Joseph Wright Feb 12 '17 at 09:18
@JosephWright I am wondering if there is a workaround by including biber package with the latex files. I already do it for the pgf package. Thank you for your reply! – DBS Feb 13 '17 at 01:48

Compatibility of the .bbl output of biber versus bibtex

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