{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/313","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/313/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/313/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/313/events","html_url":"https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/313","id":70716737,"number":313,"title":"Is it still mandatory to specify the `.bib` extension?","user":{"login":"dbitouze","id":1032633,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1032633?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze","html_url":"https://github.com/dbitouze","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-04-24T15:18:52Z","updated_at":"2015-04-24T20:20:10Z","closed_at":"2015-04-24T20:20:10Z","body":"`biblatex`'s documentation (version 3.0) says:\r\n\r\n- \"Note that files must be specified with their full name, including the   extension. Do not omit the .bib extension from the filename.\" (p. 71)\r\n- \"With Biblatex, resources are specified in the preamble with `\\addbibresource` using the full name with .bib suffix.\" (p. 106)\r\n\r\nBut the following MWE:\r\n```latex\r\n\\documentclass{article}\r\n\\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}\r\n\\usepackage{filecontents}\r\n\\begin{filecontents}{foo}\r\n@misc{aaaa,\r\n  title                    = {Aaaa}\r\n}\r\n\\end{filecontents}\r\n\\addbibresource{foo}\r\n\\begin{document}\r\n\\autocite{aaaa}\r\n\\printbibliography\r\n\\end{document}\r\n```\r\n(which generates a bib file named `foo.tex`) works like a charm.\r\n\r\nHence:\r\n\r\n- is it still mandatory to specify the `.bib` extension?\r\n- is it safe to make use of another extension than `.bib` or `.tex`?\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/comments/96052731","html_url":"https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/313#issuecomment-96052731","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/313","id":96052731,"user":{"login":"dbitouze","id":1032633,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1032633?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze","html_url":"https://github.com/dbitouze","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dbitouze/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-24T20:20:10Z","updated_at":"2015-04-24T20:20:10Z","body":"OK, thanks."}}