On Monday 13 February 2006 11:43 am, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Am not sure this is a good idea, but I'm contemplating some changes to
> the way I handle metadata in CSL.  One of them is an "area" attribute
> to make it easier to find styles. In that case, I may as well consider
> constraining the values.
>
> Do you think we could come up with a commonly agreed list of areas?
> E.g.:
>
>       humanities
>       social sciences
>       biological sciences
>       engineering
>       physical sciences
>       law
>
> ... ?
>
> This is notwithstanding that some fields (like mine) may straddle areas.
It seems a reasonable idea. However some styles may be used in several 
academic fields. Also there might be some very inconsistent use out there.
>
> This sort of categorization may be useful too for the journal
> abbreviation issue we were earlier discussing.
>
It would certainly work for journal styles. 
> Bruce
>
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