MlBibT E X meets ConT E Xt

This article reports a first experiment of using MlBibTEX—our reimplementation of BibTEX—with ConTEXt, a TEX format more modern than LATEX. We show how to take as much advantage as possible of both ConTEXt and MlBibTEX features when they are used together. Also, many end-users are accustomed to using LATEX commands inside values of BibTEX fields, and such commands may be unrecognised by ConTEXt. We explain how patterns and preambles allow us to solve such problems.