Hi Norm, You’re exactly right. biblioref is the right element for this. I was so focused on citetitle that I missed that entirely:-).
Dick ------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net [email protected] > On May 23, 2020, at 04:42, 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
