Perhaps its true that its common in academic papers. I wouldn't know as I've never read one.
All I know is that this is a book. I have a vast library of technical books and this is the ONLY one that uses this convention. Even my copy of "A New Kind of Science" by Wolfram doesn't use this convention. :-b So seeing it for the first time was very confusing. I flipped through the last pages and didn't note the one page biblio. That's when I ran it through 'bing' before asking here. Even doing a 'bing' on "square brackets" suggested they were placeholders for other information during production. I think some kind of convention explanation would have been appropriate at the beginning of this book like most programming books provide rather than assuming everyone is familiar with conventions used in "academic papers". Thanks. :-) Rick #>-----Original Message----- #>From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org #>[mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Briggs #>Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:53 PM #>To: General Discussion of SQLite Database #>Subject: Re: [sqlite] The SQL Guide to SQLite #> #> That's pretty common in academic papers, actually. #> #> -T #> #> #>On 7/18/09, Rick Ratchford <r...@amazingaccuracy.com> wrote: #>> Yes. You are correct. That is what they are. #>> #>> Thanks for pointing this out. It probably should have been #>made clear #>> at the beginning of the book since this is not common in #>the majority #>> of books I own purchased here in the US. #>> #>> Thanks again. #>> #>> Rick #>> #>> #>> #>-----Original Message----- #>> #>From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org #>> #>[mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of #>Igor Tandetnik #>> #>Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:42 AM #>> #>To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org #>> #>Subject: Re: [sqlite] The SQL Guide to SQLite #> #>Rick Ratchford #>> wrote: #>> #>> I just received my copy of the new book "The SQL Guide to #>> #>SQLite" by #>> Rick F. van der Lans. #>> #>> #>> #>> There are many references within the book that are #>#>contained in #>> square #>> brackets and some sort of keyword or code. #>> #>> #>> #>> Example: "...written about SQLite; see for example [NEWM05] and #>> #>> [OWEN06]." #>> #> #>> #>These are most likely citations. See if there's a #>#>bibliography (a #>> list of other books, articles and such) at #>the end of the #>book, each #>> reference identified by one of these codes. #>> #> #>> #>Igor Tandetnik #>> #> #>> #> #>> #> #>> #>_______________________________________________ #>> #>sqlite-users mailing list #>> #>sqlite-users@sqlite.org #>> #>http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users #>> #> #>> #> #>> #>> #>> _______________________________________________ #>> sqlite-users mailing list #>> sqlite-users@sqlite.org #>> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users #>> #> #>-- #>Sent from my mobile device #>_______________________________________________ #>sqlite-users mailing list #>sqlite-users@sqlite.org #>http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users #> #> _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
