Can you give an example or two that demonstrate how CSL is currently limiting you here? I'm having some trouble understanding the exact problem you're experiencing.
Rintze On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Joël Hendriks <em...@joelhendriks.nl> wrote: > Right now I am discussing with Rintze about what would be the best > translation for 'issue' and 'edition'. That is how I came up to this > 'problem'. > > A lot of newspapers, magazines and journals use year/number to identify > a single finished product by the creators; which can get reproduced many > times depending on the kind of material. I argued that this could be > seen as: volume/issue. Rintze argued that 'issue' should be called (in > dutch) 'number'. I think there is something to say for both. So, what's > next? > > Scenario 1: > We stick to a strict explanation like the way it is written in the > specification right now: > > edition > (container) edition holding the item (e.g. ">>>3<<<" when citing a > chapter in the >>>third<<< edition of a book) > issue > (container) issue holding the item (e.g. ">>>5<<<" when citing a journal > article from journal volume 2, issue >>>5<<<) > volume > (container) volume holding the item (e.g. "2" when citing a chapter from > book volume 2) > > Which would also mean that the description of >>volume<< should be > altered to let it say something like it does on Wikipedia > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume (bibliography)]: "The term is also > used as an identifier for a sequence of periodicals, generally based on > a single calendar year. However, a school magazine might start each new > volume at the beginning of the academic year, or at the beginning of > each term/semester. Thus, all issues published in the Nth term or year > will be classified under the Nth volume." > > Scenario 2: > We add a new >>date<< variable called >issued-year< to make a clear > distinction between >>issued<< and >issued-year<. > We add a new >>locator<< called >number< or alter the definition of the > variable >>number<<. > > What is your opinion on this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ xbiblio-devel mailing list xbiblio-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel
