Re: Robert -- Re: OT: End Note ?

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

Robert Holmgren wrote:
> Filling out
> the Ibidem template and adding keywords strikes me as a lot of
> work. Frankly, for basic citation, I don't see much
> value-added. You keep a master bibliography, and just
> cut-and-paste! You have to look up page numbers manually
> anyway, and inserting an op.cit is not exactly difficult. The
> rest is single-keystroke boilerplate.
Not arguing, just pointing out for the record that:
1. Devising a properly structured, normalized database for
citations is fiendishly difficult, given the variations possible
(1, 2, 3, or more authors; authors and editors; single- or
multi-volume works; works in series; book, journal article, or
monograph; Eng. language trans. of other-language work; etc.,
etc., etc.) IF (much virtue in an if) somebody else has already
done that, more power to him, her, or them.
2. Even if you have your database, there is still (for editors
and publishers at least, and nowadays, publishers are probably
passing the buck to authors) the issue of choosing and enforcing
a consistent style (Chicago 1 or 2, Turabian, MLA, or a custom
house style). Ibid claimed to be able to to that with a
keystroke. As I could never get Ibid for Xy to work, I don't know
if that was true. Can any Notabenieri comment?

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Patricia M. Godfrey
PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx