# Is there an equiv of biblatex:pagination in CSL?

**URL:** https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202
**Category:** CSL Development
**Created:** [October 7, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202 "2013-10-07T21:47:15Z")
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### Author: ![Joseph\_Reagle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/joseph_reagle/32/319_2.png) [@Joseph\_Reagle](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Joseph_Reagle)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/1 "2013-10-07T21:47:15Z")

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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: [October 7, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/2 "2013-10-07T21:59:35Z")

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Would help for you to summarize what that variable means in biblatex.

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### Author: ![Rintze\_Zelle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/rintze_zelle/32/175_2.png) [@Rintze\_Zelle](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Rintze_Zelle)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/3 "2013-10-07T22:00:14Z")

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What does that do?

Rintze

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Karcher](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/sebastian_karcher/32/176_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Karcher](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Sebastian_Karcher)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/4 "2013-10-07T22:32:51Z")

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pagination allows users to specify the unit in which a item is ordered.  
It’s typically pages, but can also be columns, verses etc.  
Nothing of the kind exists in CSL yet  
See

> **[Column numbers instead of page numbers in bibliography](https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/31951/column-numbers-instead-of-page-numbers-in-bibliography/for)**
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> In short, how can I tell Zotero that the numbers in the Pages attribute of an item represent column numbers?

  
context/use

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### Author: ![Joseph\_Reagle1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Joseph\_Reagle1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Joseph_Reagle1)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/5 "2013-10-07T22:11:28Z")

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> What does that do?

[http://ctan.sharelatex.com/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf](http://ctan.sharelatex.com/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf)

> “pagination of the work.” The value of this field will affect the  
> formatting of the arguments to the citation command… Possible keys  
> are page, column, line, verse, section, and paragraph.

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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: [October 7, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/6 "2013-10-07T22:48:49Z")

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Ah. I don’t think that’s a very good solution to that problem anyway.  
What happens if you need to represent both page and column (or  
paragraph)?

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### Author: ![Joseph\_Reagle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/joseph_reagle/32/319_2.png) [@Joseph\_Reagle](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Joseph_Reagle)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/7 "2013-10-07T23:22:42Z")

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> What does that do?

[http://ctan.sharelatex.com/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf](http://ctan.sharelatex.com/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf)

> “pagination of the work.” The value of this field will affect the  
> formatting of the arguments to the citation command… Possible keys  
> are page, column, line, verse, section, and paragraph.

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### Author: ![Rintze\_Zelle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/rintze_zelle/32/175_2.png) [@Rintze\_Zelle](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Rintze_Zelle)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/8 "2013-10-07T23:31:25Z")

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Isn’t this akin CSL’s locators?

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Karcher](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/sebastian_karcher/32/176_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Karcher](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Sebastian_Karcher)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/is-there-an-equiv-of-biblatex-pagination-in-csl/1202/9 "2013-10-07T23:39:49Z")

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Except that it refers to the bibliography, not the citation. See the  
examples on the zotero thread