# compound referencing?

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [March 23, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986 "2011-03-23T21:48:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986/1 "2011-03-23T21:48:47Z")

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I forget; do we support this style?

(21) (a) Childs, A. F.; Goldsworthy, L. J.; Harding, G. F.; King, F.  
E.; Nineham, A. W.; Norris, W. L.; Plant, S. G. P.; Selton, B.;  
Tompsett, A. L. L. J. Chem. Soc. 1948, 2174–2177. (b) Chase, B. H.;  
Downes, A. M. J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 3874–3877.

[http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13641-formatting-citations-in-manuscripts#comment\_6190060](http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13641-formatting-citations-in-manuscripts#comment_6190060)

Bruce

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Bennett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/frank_bennett/32/198_2.png) [@Frank\_Bennett](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Frank_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986/2 "2011-03-24T01:01:02Z")

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We talked about it, but that’s as far as we’ve gone so far. It would  
need an additional implicit variable for the sub-number, if IIRC.

Frank

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986/3 "2011-03-24T01:15:05Z")

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> > I forget; do we support this style?
> > 
> > (21) (a) Childs, A. F.; Goldsworthy, L. J.; Harding, G. F.; King, F.  
> > E.; Nineham, A. W.; Norris, W. L.; Plant, S. G. P.; Selton, B.;  
> > Tompsett, A. L. L. J. Chem. Soc. 1948, 2174–2177. (b) Chase, B. H.;  
> > Downes, A. M. J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 3874–3877.
> > 
> > \<  
> > [Papers 3 (Legacy Application) : Papers Support](http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13641-formatting-citations-in-manuscripts#comment_6190060)
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> > Bruce
> 
> We talked about it, but that’s as far as we’ve gone so far. It would  
> need an additional implicit variable for the sub-number, if IIRC.

You mean an index number for the references (a, b, etc)?

BruceOn Mar 23, 2011 9:01 PM, “Frank Bennett” \<@Frank\_Bennett\> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Bruce D’Arcus \<@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1\> wrote:

> Frank

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Bennett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/frank_bennett/32/198_2.png) [@Frank\_Bennett](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Frank_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986/4 "2011-03-24T04:28:23Z")

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> > > I forget; do we support this style?
> > > 
> > > (21) (a) Childs, A. F.; Goldsworthy, L. J.; Harding, G. F.; King, F.  
> > > E.; Nineham, A. W.; Norris, W. L.; Plant, S. G. P.; Selton, B.;  
> > > Tompsett, A. L. L. J. Chem. Soc. 1948, 2174–2177. (b) Chase, B. H.;  
> > > Downes, A. M. J. Chem. Soc. 1953, 3874–3877.
> > > 
> > > [http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13641-formatting-citations-in-manuscripts#comment\_6190060](http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13641-formatting-citations-in-manuscripts#comment_6190060)
> > > 
> > > Bruce
> > 
> > We talked about it, but that’s as far as we’ve gone so far. It would  
> > need an additional implicit variable for the sub-number, if IIRC.
> 
> You mean an index number for the references (a, b, etc)?

Yes.

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/compound-referencing/986/5 "2011-03-24T13:17:19Z")

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OK:

[https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/issues#issue/36](https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/issues#issue/36)

I think this should be an easy fix. Feel free to comment.

Bruce