Oh, and needless to say, I'd be happy to help with this. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Maier, Denis Christian (UB) > Gesendet: Freitag, 2. Juli 2021 10:01 > An: 'Alan Braslau' <braslau.l...@comcast.net> > Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl > Betreff: AW: [NTG-context] Different authorconversion for citation > alternatives > and bibliographic entries > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Alan Braslau <braslau.l...@comcast.net> > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2021 23:50 > > An: Maier, Denis Christian (UB) <denis.ma...@unibe.ch> > > Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl > > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Different authorconversion for citation > > alternatives and bibliographic entries > > > [...] > > > > > > So what would be needed to make add real support for it? > > > > First of all, come to a consensus on a clear style guide to base this > > on, so as not to run after ambiguous and perhaps contradictory > > specifications. This would be distinct from the APA (author-year) > > model as well as from the minimalist APS > > (numbered) style. Could this perhaps be the Chicago style? (does that > > have a footnote specification?) > > Chicago is certainly not a bad choice for this. It's probably one of the most > complete footnote specifications out there. (I knows multiple variants though, > so you need to settle for one or support both.) One thing to be aware of is > that > Chicago is utterly complex. Other styles like MHRA are a bit simpler. This > complexity might be an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time. It may > be hard to get this completely right. The already mentioned biblatex-chicago > package shows how much is involved. OTOH, if you get this right that should > cover almost everything that might come up in note based styles. > > Denis
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