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* Citation syntax and ODT
@ 2015-02-22  7:22 Vaidheeswaran
  2015-02-23  4:11 ` Richard Lawrence
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Vaidheeswaran @ 2015-02-22  7:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode


Those working on the citation syntax should make it clear that the
"lowest common" cite syntax does NOT also IMPOSE (or GUARANTEE) a
specific style on the produced document.

When I say this, I specifically mean:

1. I want my citation and references to be carried over FAITHFULLY to
    the exported document.

2. I DON'T CARE how (1) is styled.

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The above observations would translate to:

The Cite object in it's SIMPLEST form specifies just a citekey (or a
set of citekeys). The Cite-object is qualified with a footnote saying
that any key-value pair -- including "type" -- that is specified with
Cite object MAY BE IGNORED by a backend.

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Note that I am not speaking against Bells and Whistles.  I am only
saying that Bells and Whistles MUST NOT be imposed upon a backend like
ODT where the available tools are NOT AS RICH OR AS MATURE AS that
available with other backends like HTML or LaTeX.

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A simple search of this discussion list suggests that there already
exists ODT/JabRef implementation.  I hope those who are working on the
syntax also study the EXISTING IMPLEMENTATION and HAVE THAT
IMPLEMENTATION INFORM THE ENTERPRISE.

If someone puts up a draft that (re)-captures the state-of-the-art, I
am willing to do the homework of whetting the spec. against existing
IMPLEMENTATION.

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2015-02-22  7:22 Citation syntax and ODT Vaidheeswaran
2015-02-23  4:11 ` Richard Lawrence
2015-02-23  6:22   ` Vaidheeswaran
2015-02-23  7:10     ` Vaidheeswaran
2015-02-23 17:15     ` Richard Lawrence
2015-02-23 18:11       ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-02-23 23:25         ` Richard Lawrence
2015-02-24  3:26           ` Alexis
2015-02-24  3:52             ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-02-24  4:34           ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-02-24  5:01             ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-02-24  5:31               ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-02-24  6:07                 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-02-24  6:37                   ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-02-24  7:48                     ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-02-24 17:19                       ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo

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