Exporting to MS Office 2007 XML omits "von" part from author's last name

[grebnetiew]

JabRef version 4.3.1 and 5.0-dev on Windows 10.

• I have tested the latest development version from http://builds.jabref.org/master/ and the problem persists

When exporting a bibliography with a 'von' part, the 'von' part is omitted from the XML file.

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add an entry with as author, for example, John von Neumann (preserve caps)
2. Export to MS Office 2007 XML
3. Observe that your entry has <b:Last>Neumann</b:Last>, and "von" is nowhere to be found

I suspect this is due to the fact that the XML format does not offer a separate tag for the "von" part, and the model of the author in JabRef omits the "von" when returning a last name.

Bibtex file

@Article{Neumann1987,
  author  = {John von Neumann},
  title   = {ABC},
  journal = {aaa},
  year    = {1987},
}

XML file fragment

<b:NameList>
<b:Person>
<b:Last>Neumann</b:Last>
<b:First>John</b:First>
</b:Person>
</b:NameList>

[deepakkumar96]

@grebnetiew is the issue still persist or it is solved? because when I exported to MS 2007 in ubuntu using the latest master development version, then it includes middle name.

[CaptainDaVinci]

I check this source there seems to be a Middle tag offered in XML.

P.S: Ahh, I misunderstood the issue, the middle name isn't exported when a lowercase is used, right?

Edit: My understanding of naming convention was incorrect, if I understood the issue correctly does the fix include appending von part before last name when exporting?

[Siedlerchr]

It's an export problem, the code which handles the exporting of authors is here:

jabref/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/msbib/MSBibConverter.java

Lines 132 to 134 in ddd12ae

	for (Author author : authorList.getAuthors()) {
	result.add(new MsBibAuthor(author, corporate));
	}

Either the von part gets exported as middel or it is part of lastname.
There should also be a test already for exporting. Maybe you can take that as a starting point for investitaging

[CaptainDaVinci]

There are tests for First, Middle and Last Names but I didn't find any for von part. The MsBibAuthor does not include von part when returning middle and last names.

Should the von part be part of middle name or last name?

[tobiasdiez]

Thanks to @CaptainDaVinci this should be fixed in the latest development version. Could you please check the build from http://builds.jabref.org/master/. Thanks! Please remember to make a backup of your library before trying-out this version.