I think it’s an important feature and important to push. As I explained in another FR (Citations and bibliography), I would add a few more features but having pure Pandoc-style citations is already an important step forward.
I would also suggest offering the possibily to write the bibliography in YAML format.
The second FR mentioned above (Recognise pandoc citations as Obsidian links) also makes a good point: it’s good to make citations, but it’s also important to link them with personal notes when they exist, ideally avoiding duplicating content / links. And it is possible to make this completely compatible with the curent proposal (see my message #10 there):
- edit mode: clicking the Pandoc citation brings to the literature note if it exists
- preview mode: add a link to the literature note (if it exists) after the bibliographical item
- export, publish : omit any link to a literature note, except if explicitly inserted (for example using filename)
For an expanded version of this idea, see my post #14 in this other FR.