[Foundation-l] cite markup - take 2

Fri Dec 16 17:00:58 UTC 2005

This looks like a good option to consider. Can you explain how the same 
footnote can be cited multiple times in an article? In other words, if 
the software automatically marks 3 different citations as "fn1", "fn6", 
and "fn17", how can I have them all point to the same source? Or do I 
have to copy the source info for each separate footnote?

Jonathan Leybovich wrote:

>All-
>
>Here is a second attempt at citation mark-up based
>upon your comments from last time.  The new syntax is
>intentionally very footnote-like, since wiki-text has
>most of the visual and editing characteristics of
>regular print text.  The mark-up is used to create
>"citation points" within an article to which
>references to evidence can then be attached.  The
>following is the syntax for the 3 basic types of
>citation points:
>
>
>Explicit Block: '++' ... '++fn'  (fn for footnote);
>applies to all text between the opening '++' and the
>closing '++fn'
>
>Implicit Block: '++fn' ; extends backwards, ending at
>the first occurrence of a preceding citation point or
>the beginning of the current sentence
>
>Immediate: +fn ; applies only to the preceding word
>or, if next to quoted text, the entire quotation
>
>
>Each citation point within an article will have a
>unique number associated with it- e.g. '++fn6' .  An
>editor can explicitly assign citation point numbers
>themselves, or else let the software automatically
>generate the numbers for them.
>
>Going back to Anthony's example from last time, let's
>say an editor opens article [[Roy Orbison]] and sees
>the following:
>
>'''Roy Kelton Orbison''' ([[April 23]], [[1936]]
>&ndash; [[December 6]], [[1988]]), nicknamed "The Big
>O" ...
>
>The editor is not an expert on the article's subject,
>but can still create stub citation points for each of
>the article's factual assertions:
>
>'''Roy Kelton+fn Orbison''' (++[[April 23]] [[1936]]
>&ndash; [[December 6]] [[1988]]++fn), nicknamed "The
>Big O"+fn, ++was an influential [[United
>States|American]] [[singer-songwriter]] and a pioneer
>of [[rock and roll]]++fn, whose recording career
>spanned more than four decades++fn. By the
>mid-[[1960s]] Orbison was internationally recognized
>for his ++ballads of lost love++fn,  rhythmically
>advanced melodies++fn, three-[[octave]] vocal
>range++fn, characteristic dark [[sunglasses]]++fn, and
>sometimes distinctive usage of [[falsetto]]++fn,
>typified in songs such as "[[Only The Lonely]]",
>"[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]", and "[[Crying
>(song)|Crying]]". In [[1989 in music|1989]], he was
>inducted posthumously into the [[National Academy of
>Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame]]++fn.
>
>Hitting the preview button, the editor sees the
>following:
>
>'''Roy Kelton+fn1 Orbison''' (++[[April 23]] [[1936]]
>&ndash; [[December 6]] [[1988]]++fn2), nicknamed "The
>Big O"+fn3, ++was an influential [[United
>States|American]] [[singer-songwriter]] and a pioneer
>of [[rock and roll]]++fn4, whose recording career
>spanned more than four decades++fn5...
>
>Below the wiki-text article text area on the preview
>page there will be input fields for every citation
>point/footnote within the article, with fields for
>such things as ISBN number/URL, page number, and cited
>(as opposed to paraphrased- i.e. inside the article)
>text.  The editor can then provide values for all,
>some, or none of these citations before saving the
>article.
>
>I will come up with some more detailed mock-ups of
>this design once you let me know there are no major
>usability issues with it.  Thanks.
>
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