# conference paper type

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/conference-paper-type/439>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/conference-paper-type/439 "2008-02-26T16:07:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elena\_Razlogova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Elena\_Razlogova](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Elena_Razlogova)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/conference-paper-type/439/1 "2008-02-26T16:07:39Z")

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Hi–

At some point, Zotero “presentation” type got mapped to “paper-  
conference” type. Now after this forum discussion, this seems confusing:

> **[seems to catch type conference paper](https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/2326/elseif-typechapter-seems-to-catch-type-conference-paper/)**
>
> im currently working on a schema, but have got some issues with 
> 
> 
> 
> also catching items of type="paper-conference"

Papers published in conference proceedings (Zotero “conference-paper”  
type) are cited as CSL “chapter,” while conference presentations  
(Zotero “presentation” type) are cited as CSL “paper-conference.”

I would like to do this:

Map Zotero “presentation” to CSL “speech” (what is this type supposed  
to cite exactly?), fallback to “article”

Map Zotero “conference-paper” to CSL “paper-conference”, fallback to  
“chapter”

This way if some science style needs special formatting for papers  
published in conference proceedings these can be formatted using  
“paper-conference” type.

Except Chicago, no current CSL style seems to use either type, so this  
shouldn’t be a problem for existing styles.

Any objections?

Thanks,  
Elena

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**Author:** ![Elena\_Razlogova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Elena\_Razlogova](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Elena_Razlogova)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/conference-paper-type/439/2 "2008-02-26T16:09:03Z")

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Hi–

At some point, Zotero “presentation” type got mapped to “paper-  
conference” type. Now after this forum discussion, this seems confusing:

> **[seems to catch type conference paper](https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/2326/elseif-typechapter-seems-to-catch-type-conference-paper/)**
>
> im currently working on a schema, but have got some issues with 
> 
> 
> 
> also catching items of type="paper-conference"

Papers published in conference proceedings (Zotero “conference-paper”  
type) are cited as CSL “chapter,” while conference presentations  
(Zotero “presentation” type) are cited as CSL “paper-conference.”

I would like to do this:

Map Zotero “presentation” to CSL “speech” (what is this type supposed  
to cite exactly?), fallback to “article”

Map Zotero “conference-paper” to CSL “paper-conference”, fallback to  
“chapter”

This way if some science style needs special formatting for papers  
published in conference proceedings these can be formatted using  
“paper-conference” type.

Except Chicago, no current CSL style seems to use either type, so this  
shouldn’t be a problem for existing styles.

Any objections?

Thanks,  
Elena