# Extending the use of \`cs:label\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/extending-the-use-of-cs-label/760>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [September 8, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/extending-the-use-of-cs-label/760 "2009-09-08T13:59:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/extending-the-use-of-cs-label/760/1 "2009-09-08T13:59:03Z")

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## I couldn’t find any discussion on this, but I never understood why `cs:label` is limited to the “page” and “locator” variables:— label = element cs:label { label-primitives, attribute variable { “page” | “locator” } }

This leads to situations like (copied from APA style):

* * *
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Here `cs:text` is used to show the “volume” term, and `cs:label` to show the  
“page” term. The limitation of using `cs:text` for “volume” is that the term  
cannot be applied using contextual pluralization.

Would it make sense to expand the use of `cs:label` to any of the locator  
variables, i.e.:

“book”

> “chapter”  
> “column”  
> “figure”  
> “folio”  
> “issue”  
> “line”  
> “note”  
> “opus”  
> “page”  
> “paragraph”  
> “part”  
> “section”  
> “sub verbo”  
> “volume”  
> “verse”

All these variables have singular and plural terms, so it would be an easy  
patch. The only reason I can come up with to limit the selection somewhat is  
that some of these variables may only occur as a locator.

Rintze