2.4 Using style-sheets

B3 uses XSL style-sheet to process all entries in a database and write the result in several format for data exchange or pretty output. Each style-sheet may use only particular fields, however the user can switch off any field he doesn't want to be in the output using the 'Fields to export' panel. For now, B3 can write a Bibtex file for use with LaTeX or several display style in HTML:

Plain.b3s

Full sorted author names, index with numbers;

Abbreviate.b3s

The same with initials for authors' first names;

Brieffing.b3s

List all fields in each entry + keys;

APA.b3s

The American Psychological Association references format.

Figure 2.5: Using XSL style-sheet to export a bibliography. On the left: selection the file and style-sheet. On the right: selecting the fields to export.