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From: "Paul J. Harris" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Higher and Lower Sources
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:01:20 -0400
In-Reply-To: <000f01c37939$80ab42b0$0100a8c0@beth>


Beth wrote:

>>Regarding the "standard" citation issue; I have also followed Mill's
comments on APG. The most important issue seems to be consistency. Different
publications use different citation standards so one must also be flexible.

This is the reason that I tolerate a very long source list. Citation formats
change with the wind, or I should say, the times, but thy DO change. If we
use 'general' sources and wind up 'formatting' a lot of items about the
source in the Citation Detail (Where in source), then THAT portion of the
formatting is FIXED in a global sense. I avoid the use of the CD for
anything other than page numbers so each data item associated with a source
is in its own field, separate from other data items. That way, if a citation
format changes, and I want to accommodate that change, all I have to do is
edit and rearrange the template for the source. Others would have to edit
EACH CD. I am certainly not advocating that I am right and others are wrong.
I simply have made a decision to do it this way, and fear of future change
is my justification. <g>

Paul

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