Okay. We're talking two different things here. One states "academic papers" and you state "technical documents".
This is a "book", not an "academic paper or technical document". I'm all for Names and Dates. I'm quite familiar with (Williams and Jones 1981) and other such references. They appear in most of the books I possess. However, bracketed references such as [SMI01] do not. First time in my 50 years I've come across this. Are we assuming that everyone who buys this book attended University? Another thing I'm familiar with are TAGS in documents. These looked like TAGS to me. I immediately assumed the TAGS weren't replaced with the actual material. Anyway, I think enough has been said on this. One should never ASSUME that a convention is understood by ALL readers. Apparently, it is not. Best regards, Rich #>-----Original Message----- #>From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org #>[mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Rich Shepard #>Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:00 PM #>To: General Discussion of SQLite Database #>Subject: Re: [sqlite] The SQL Guide to SQLite #> #>On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Rick Ratchford wrote: #> #>> 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 #> #> There are many conventions for citations in books, #>reports, articles, and other documents that cite original #>sources. When I was in academia, the ecological literature #>(books, papers, etc.) used a (name date) format; e.g., (Smith #>1962), or (Williams and Jones 1981), or (Foobar et al. 1954). #>The bibliography or reference section (and there is a #>difference between those #>two) was arranged in alphabetic order. Many other technical #>books (including #>mine) use a numeric citation, e.g., [20], and the #>bibliography is numeric rather than alphabetic. Still other #>technical documents use the author abreviation plus two-digit #>year system which is what you apparently encountered; e.g., #>[ORA92] or [SMI01]. They are all common. #> #> Personally, I like the author/year system because it's #>explicit and easy to comprehend without requiring looking at #>the references section. #>Regardless, it's up to the publisher, country, or the #>practice of a particular discipline which one is used. #> #> It's unfortunate that you had such difficulty figuring out #>the citation system. #> #>Rich #> #>-- #>Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity #> Credibility #>Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation #><http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 #>Fax: 503-667-8863 #>_______________________________________________ #>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
