# csl future

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/csl-future/247>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [February 26, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/csl-future/247 "2007-02-26T15:30:24Z")\
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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:** [February 26, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/csl-future/247/1 "2007-02-26T15:30:24Z")

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I posted this to the zotero dev list …

Was reading the (zotero) forums and came across a user who got stuck  
creating a new CSL style. This raises the question of how we get to  
the place where a user need not worry about this.

Ideally, we want one or more online repositories, and a nice web  
interface that allows creating and editing styles.

But I wonder if there’s anything we can do in the short run? Can we  
figure out a staged approach to building this out?

Here’s an idea:

Stage 1: online CSL validator (to help this user a bit)  
Stage 2: online repositories  
Stage 3: web interface

Thoughts?

Bruce

PS - There’s a team in Germany working on Java code fro an interface;  
not sure if it’s desktop or web-based.