Bibtex's inproceedings gives me an error. entries: @inproceedings{elgamal:84, Author = {T. ElGamal}, Crossref = {crypto84}, Pages = {10--18}, Title = {{A Public Key Cryptosystem and a Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms}}} @proceedings{crypto84, Booktitle = {{Proceedings of Crypto '84}}, Editor = {G. R. Blakley and D. Chaum}, Publisher = pub-springer, Series = j-lncs, Title = {{Advances in Cryptology}}, Volume = {196}, Year = {1985}} These worked in the past and should be ok. The error is: <to be read again> \pbd: \bibgetvart #1->\csname pbd:#1\endcsname \plussix \bibalternative ... \??pv \@@currentalternative #1 \endcsname \dotypesetapublication ...ative {\bibgetvart {#1}} \removeunwantedspaces \egr... \9>>3 #1,->\dobibdata {#1} \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_item \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_list ...rgument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.5 ...elijke klaartekst\footnotecite[elgamal:84]. Version of ConTeXt: ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.20 00:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.22 int: english/english Version of bibtex according to the log This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2012) \footnotecite puts an bibentry in a footnote, other citations pose no problem, just inproceedings. Hans van der Meer