I'm not disagreeing with you. When you're talking about a language, and none of the papers specifically points to the language as a whole - that's fine. But in the case of specific software packages/programs, I think it is often better to cite a paper if it exists. For example, if I write a paper that uses BEAST in an analysis, I'm going to cite the paper for BEAST, not the BEAST website. But if I cite R, I'll cite the website (as running `citation()` from the command line suggests I should).
However, I think you're generalizing a bit too strongly when it comes to academic publications. For example, BEAST2 was published in an Open Access, online only journal called PLoS ( http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003537). No paper need apply, and all of the content is CC :-) That's not to say that PLoS isn't an island of refuge in sea of ossified stodginess, or that even it couldn't be better in ways. But it's not *all* so bad, and does serve *some* purpose. Something to consider is this - citing a paper (if it exists) could be more beneficial professionally for the authors of the paper, as those things are (I think) tracked more closely. Lastly, sometimes formats have publications. For example - http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0031009. I don't know if Edn does or not though. I would just search around for one, or cite the website if you don't find it. Chris On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Ben Wolfson <wolf...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Phillip Lord < > phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote: > >> >> The idea that you can't cite websites is a conceit that ensures that >> academics continue to spend a 1000s of pounds a paper on puplication >> costs, when you can achieve much the same with a blog, some metadata and >> archive.org. >> >> Ah, that was good, I feel better now! >> > > The woes of academic publishing have nothing to do with the idea that you > can't cite websites; MLA and Chicago style both have provisions for citing > websites and I'm sure less widespread style guides do as well. > > -- > Ben Wolfson > "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, which > may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family and social > life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks for pleasure." > [Larousse, "Drink" entry] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure/pLxZPvlPHBw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
