et al config

CSL Development
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Jim asked about using a different string for “et al.” It’s not
currently supported, and my first hunch to solve it is this:

 <et-al
	term-name="and-others"
	min-authors="6" use-first="6" position="first"/>

So it would involve an optional term-name attribute on the element, and
default would be understood as the “et-al” term.

Any objections or affirmations?

The one thing I dislike about it is that it’s not then globally
configured, but would presumably require specifying it multiple times.
The alternative would be to allow the et-al element in the defaults
section, absent the min, etc. rules perhaps.

Bruce

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Bruce,

The idea is a good one, though I share your concerns about it not being globally configured. My question is why not allow with all of its attributes (min-authors, use-first, and position) in the defaults section?

Also, so I’m clear, during what circumstance would I use position=“first” and position=“subsequent”?----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce D’Arcus <@Bruce_D_Arcus1>
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:20 pm
Subject: [xbiblio-devel] et al config

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The idea is a good one, though I share your concerns about it not
being globally configured. My question is why not allow with
all of its attributes (min-authors, use-first, and position) in the
defaults section?

Yeah, let’s do that, and assume it has the same override behavior.

Also, so I’m clear, during what circumstance would I use
position=“first” and position=“subsequent”?

Because some styles (like APA) have different rules depending on
position, which means in the text (occurrence is another word that gets
at the idea).

Bruce