Richard, Would it be possible to step back a level and work on it in combination with CSL? https://citationstyles.org/ That way, it would not just be limited to CMOS. (Although having CMOS would be a major bonus for me.) The Github repo for the CSL styles are https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles There are a few on that list I would find extremely helpful.
Peter On Sat, 23 May 2020 at 12:43, Norman Tovey-Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard Hamilton <[email protected]> writes: > > I’m thinking of taking on the task of creating a docbook > > customization, similar to the iso690 customization, to process > > bibliographic information in the Chicago Manual of Style format. > > > > Before I dive in head first, I thought I’d check with the group to see > > if anyone has already done that. > > I wonder if it would be possible to describe the format in some > declarative way and either derive the stylesheet from that or interpret > it? > > I looked briefly at doing that with BibTeX once, but that seemed a > little too challenging for the amount of free time that I have (which is > generally measured in negative numbers). > > > To streamline the markup of inline references to bibliographic > > entries, I wonder whether it would stretch the standard too far to > > interpret a linkend in a citetitle as pointing to a bibliographic > > reference and process it as though it were a biblioref immediately > > following the citetitle. So, for example, > > > > <citetitlef pubwork=“book” linkend=“ref.stayton2007”>DocBook XSL: The > Complete Guide</citetitle> > > > > would be interpreted as equivalent to <citetitle > > pubwork=“book”>DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide</citetitle><biblioref > > linkend=“ref.stayton2007”/> > > That doesn’t seem unreasonable to me. What I tend to do myself, however, > is just the following: > > <biblioref linkend="ref.stayton2007"/> > > Which I then render inline as the title from the bibliography entry with > whatever styling seems appropriate. Saves me from having to type the > titles each time. > > > But, to take it a step further, how about interpreting <citetitle > > pubwork=“book” linkend=“ref.stayton2007”/> the same way, but pulling > > the title from the referenced biblioentry/bibliomixed element when the > > citetitle element is empty. > > > > Any thoughts? > > That’s what biblioref is for? :-) > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Tovey-Walsh <[email protected]> > https://nwalsh.com/ > > > Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing > > in life is to know when to forego an advantage.--Benjamin Disraeli >
