The butype field

In order for the bibutils to work properly, publications must be correctly classified in the source .bib file using appropriate values of the butype field. The following general considerations apply:

• The butype field will typically be the same as the BiBTeX type, i.e., Article, Book, InProceedings, etc. (except that it must always be written all in lowercase). However, there are some cases in which, in order to classify more clearly the type of publication, the value of butype to be used may differ from the BiBTeX type (see below for more details).
• It is often the case that the BiBTeX file contains multiple entries for a given paper. For example, a short and a long version, or two entries with different keywords, for compatibility. In these cases, it is necessary to identify the entry whose data will appear in the output of bibutils. This version is identified in the bibtex file by the presence of a butype field. Entries without this field will be ignored by the automatic processing tools. Generally the entry with the most detailed information is the one in which this field is included. It is important to avoid including the butype field in more than one entry for a given publication, since otherwise the publication will appear repeated in the output.

The following are the possible values for the butype field and their meaning:

1. Refereed/serious publications (the "real stuff"):

   article

   Only refereed articles published in a journal.

   inproceedings

   Only refereed articles published in conference proceedings.

   book

   Book with editor, including formal proceedings.

2. Unrefereed, but important publications:

   mastersthesis

   Master's thesis.

   phdthesis

   Ph.D. thesis.

   incollection

   Paper in book with editor.

   proceedings

   No need for publisher, etc. (e.g., workshop proceedings?).

   workshop

   Workshop papers. These have "inproceedings" bibtex type but "workshop" butype.

   invited

   Invited papers. These have "inproceedings" bibtex type but "invited" butype.

   invitedtalk

   Invited talks and tutorials at major conferences, when there is no paper associated with them (in that case they are "invited"). These have "inproceedings" bibtex type but "invitedtalk" butype.

3. Unrefereed, miscellaneous publications:

   techreport

   Technical Report.

   manual

   A user's manual.

4. Other publications:

   misc

   Accepts anything (e.g., internet postings).

   unpublished

   Note required! For manuscripts...

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