How to suppress Warning--empty author Message?

Question

I am citing the IEEE-754 standard and it doesn't have an author. However, when I generate my PDF, the tool I am using (texnixcenter) provides a warning that there is no author. I would like to know how to get rid of this warning?

Here is the IEEE-754 standard bibtex entry that I have:

@ARTICLE{ieee754std,
journal={IEEE Std 754-2008}, 
title={{IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic}}, 
year={2008}, 
pages={1-70}, 
keywords={IEEE standards;floating point arithmetic;programming;IEEE standard;arithmetic formats;computer programming;decimal floating-point arithmetic;754-2008;NaN;arithmetic;binary;computer;decimal;exponent;floating-point;format;interchange;number;rounding;significand;subnormal}, 
doi={10.1109/IEEESTD.2008.4610935},}

Wouldn't @manual be a more appropriate entry rather than @article? — egreg, Aug 22 '13 at 22:01
I downloaded the bibtex entry from IEEE, so I left it as article. — Veridian, Aug 22 '13 at 22:11
It is not an article and “IEEE Std 754-2008” is not a journal. Whatever IEEE thinks of it, classifying this entry as an article is wrong. What bibliography style are you using? — egreg, Aug 22 '13 at 22:23

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '13 at 23:11

The bibliography item is wrongly classified. In my opinion it should be

@manual

or

@booklet

Here's how I'd code it (without any warning):

\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@manual{ieee754std,
  note={{IEEE Std 754-2008}},
  title={{IEEE} Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic},
  year={2008},
  pages={1-70},
  keywords={IEEE standards;floating point arithmetic;
            programming;IEEE standard;arithmetic formats;
            computer programming;decimal floating-point arithmetic;
            754-2008;NaN;arithmetic;binary;computer;decimal;exponent;
            floating-point;format;interchange;number;rounding;
            significand;subnormal},
  doi={10.1109/IEEESTD.2008.4610935},
}
\end{filecontents*}

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\nocite{ieee754std}

\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}

Note that filecontents* is just for the example, you can use your .bib file as usual.

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@sphere The manual having 70 pages is not a relevant information. — egreg, Aug 23 '13 at 09:46
K, I saw it referenced like that (1-70) or (1-55) in other papers though. — Veridian, Aug 23 '13 at 10:59

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 26 '15 at 23:29

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I think the best solution is to use @misc:

The title of the standard is not "bolded"
It gives you the pages and the same format of the @article
... and it is error-free

edited May 26 '15 at 23:29

Maarten Dhondt

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answered May 26 '15 at 23:11

Pedro

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How to suppress Warning--empty author Message?

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