biblatex2xml converts the field "howpublished" in entries such as @booklet, @misc, and @unpublished from, e.g.,
howpublished = {How this was published}
to
<physicalDescription><note>How this was published</note></physicalDescription>
This does not seem right: biblatex's (and bibtex's) "howpublished" is not a physical description, it describes how something was published in the absence of a formal publisher. Moreover, pandoc/citeproc completely fail to output this information.
Unless you have a better idea, I'd suggest converting biblatex's "howpublished" field to MODS's "publisher" element, e.g.,
<publisher>How this was published</publisher>
After all, I cannot think of any entry that would require both "publisher" and "howpublished".
Moreover, when I let biblatex2xml convert biblatex @booklet, @misc, or @unpublished entries to MODS and add the <publisher>How this was published</publisher> element manually, the pandoc/citeproc output looks exactly right.
Of course, this change might also make sense for bibtex2xml.
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biblatex2xml converts the field "howpublished" in entries such as @booklet, @misc, and @unpublished from, e.g.,
howpublished = {How this was published}to
This does not seem right: biblatex's (and bibtex's) "howpublished" is not a physical description, it describes how something was published in the absence of a formal publisher. Moreover, pandoc/citeproc completely fail to output this information.
Unless you have a better idea, I'd suggest converting biblatex's "howpublished" field to MODS's "publisher" element, e.g.,
After all, I cannot think of any entry that would require both "publisher" and "howpublished".
Moreover, when I let biblatex2xml convert biblatex @booklet, @misc, or @unpublished entries to MODS and add the
<publisher>How this was published</publisher>element manually, the pandoc/citeproc output looks exactly right.Of course, this change might also make sense for bibtex2xml.
This should be fixed in version 4.16 for both biblatex2xml and bib2xml. Thanks for the report.