OK, here’s the no-string possibility …
Generic section:
<general>
<contributors>
<rule type="et al" min-authors="3" use-first="3"/>
</contributors>
<names and="text" initialize-with="." sort-separator=",">
<rule type="print-original-script" scope="bibliography"
prefix=" " position=“after”/>
And then a bib template:
<template name="book">
<author/>
<date prefix=" (" suffix=") "/>
<title/>
<publisher prefix=", "/>
<access prefix=", "/>
</template>
Any opinions? The “rule” elements are particularly new ideas, so am
uneasy about it.
Bruce