I don get what the Crossref field does / I don think the way BibDesk handles Crossrefs is very smart. Couldn that be changed?
Crossrefs are not really a BibDesk feature, but a BibTeX feature. BibDesk does nothing but simulating what BibTeX does when a crossref is detected, so there is no point in changing the behaviour. Crossrefs are very handy when you have a “parent” item (like a proceedings volume or a book that contains several articles) which should be linked to one or more “child” items (the several inproceedings or incollection items). BibTeX’s crossref mechanism is very simple, but very powerful. When a Crossref: field is detected in a “child” item, BibTeX takes all fields that are not present in the child from the parent. So, you just have to set up the child’s Author, Title, Pages etc., and all the information for the parent (like Booktitle, Editor, Publisher etc.) are gained from the parent automatically. The Title field may be a problem, since it is used in both child and parent. Therefore the parent’s Title should be copied to the Booktitle field. Don’t worry: BibDesk can do that automatically fo
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