biblatex-names.md

Name parsing in biblatex

Prefixes

• standard bibtex / biblatex syntax:
  • von Last, First
  • von Last, Jr., First

Prefixes containing punctuation

• Spaces are required, or else the biber parser does not see a prefix:
  • {d’ Alembert, Jean}
• biber bugs:
  • leading punctuation
    • {'s- Gravesande, Goverdus}: 's- not parsed as prefix
• To remove these spaces in latex output, also after smart apostrophe and hyphen:
  • \DeclarePrefChars{'’-} – see biblatex manual

Formatting

• Format as al-Hakim in text but Hakim, Tawfik al- in the reference list:

\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{\toggletrue{blx@useprefix}}
\AtBeginBibliography{\togglefalse{blx@useprefix}}
\makeatother

• Do not capitalise prefixes at beginning of reference list entries:

\renewbibmacro*{begentry}{\midsentence}