BibTex and ReferenceManager export - property of "unpublished" changes "item type" to "unpublished" ?

[photomedia]

This line sets the "type" in the BibTex export to "unpub" for any type (thesis, article, etc.) if it finds the "unpublished" value in "ispublished" field:
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eprints3.4/flavours/pub_lib/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/Export/BibTeX.pm

Line 155 in d92e317

$data->{type} = "unpublished" if $dataobj->get_value( "ispublished" ) eq "unpub";

I don't think that makes sense. A thesis might be "unpublished" but it is nevertheless still a "thesis" that is available in a repository. Furthermore, this breaks the import into Zotero, as there is no "unpublished" as an Item Type there.

The same thing happens with Reference Manager export, on this line:

Both ReferenceManager and BibTex would otherwise work for Zotero export if it wasn't for this unexpected issue with "unpublished":

eprints3.4/flavours/pub_lib/plugins/EPrints/Plugin/Export/RIS.pm

Line 358 in d92e317

$data->{TY} = "UNPB" if $status eq "unpub";

Are we sure that this use of "unpublished" as an item type is correct?

[drn05r]

I think I agree with your point. I think the best solution is changing the conditional statement that will only change the type (to unpublished or UNPB) if it has not already been changed by the fact that it is specific type. Although reading the BibTeX, this would technically be wrong. However, I guess this is where theory and the real world clash. Two things that could help:

1. Add a note field to indictate it is unpublished whilst keeping the original type (i.e. article, thesis, etc.).
2. Make this feature of not setting as unpublished confiigurable but enabled by default, i.e. future releases by default won't set unpublished if a specific type has already been set.