Dear Bruce, I sent a response concerning this issue to dev@bibliographic.openoffice.org, but for some reason it doesn't appear to have gone through (especially noticeable since a few of the list members are having a discussion on the subject several hours after my post to the list). To paraphrase:
There is already standardized list of abbreviations. One such list is published by ISSN and is based on the ISO 4 standard. Here are the relevant sources: ISSN: http://www.issn.org:8080/pub/products/lstwa ISO: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=3569 Regards, Peter Dudek Department of Cell Biology University of Geneva Switzerland > > On Feb 10, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Johan Kool wrote: > > > There are two ways to take abbreviated journal names into account. Add > > an abbreviated title to the data, or let the citation processor > > abbreviate the name. > > Correct. > > > There are some pros and cons for each approach. > > > > Add abbreviated title to data: > > - abbreviated title might not be present > > - only one abbreviation, different styles might use/prefer different > > abbreviations > > Hmm ... I hadn't thought about that one. Do styles specify how to > abbreviate journal titles? Do they include other periodicals (court > reporters, magazines, newspapers) too? > > > + much easier for the citation processor to implement > > > > Let the citation processor abbreviate: > > - making a full list of all abbreviations is a lot of work > > And error prone? And consider the code involved in internationalizing > it. > > > + title might always abbreviated (although maybe not always exactly > > correct) * > > + each style can define its own preferred abbreviations > > > > *) This is the case if it's allowed to replace strings partly, e.g. > > Journal -> J. > > Climatology -> Clim. > > > > There are probably more things for this list. I'm curious which method > > you prefer. It seems to me that Bruce prefers the first. Matthias and > > me seemingly had the second option in mind. > > I have no strong opinion at the moment. I suppose my immediate question > is whether CSL needs an abbreviatedTitle element, or whether the > attribute is enough. I've already added the latter. > > > This whole abbreviation habit is a very annoying habit, and to be > > honest I think that journals would be wise to stop using it... > > I agree. There are a lot of citation practices that I think are a > vestige of a time before computers. I wonder if this is one of them. I > am really reluctant to support some of those old features, like the > absolutely heinous practice in note citations of doing "op. cit." Every > time I read a book that uses that convention I find myself frustrated. > > BTW, my name abbreviation example is "Federal Bureau of Investigation" > --> "FBI" > > Bruce > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
