BibTeX, biblatex and biberOpen vs compressed format in references

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jazzgossen
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Open vs compressed format in references

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All the bibtex styles I've seen use a "compressed" format (as how it's defined in van Leunen's "Handbook for Scholars"); that is, there are no line breaks between items:

A. Name, The title of my article, Some Journal 10(11), 2007.

I would like an "open" format, with line breaks, more like this:

A. Name.
The title of my article.
Some Journal 10(11), 2007.

Are there any ready-made bibstyles that will produce such output?

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josephwright
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Re: Open vs compressed format in references

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Probably easiest to use biblatex. It uses conceptual rather than literal breaks between bibliography "units", so it's easy to alter what happens between each unit.
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phi
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Open vs compressed format in references

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This should even be possible with any standard bibliography style and the openbib class option.
jazzgossen
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Re: Open vs compressed format in references

Post by jazzgossen »

Great, thanks!
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