Some term comments.
Not sure if it can be done currently, but at least one variant of Harvard
format wants page numbers always with the p prefix (so not pps if there is a
range). Currently I dispense with the
and just use a prefix p - if might be useful to have an option to force
singular on things like this (assuming it isn’t already). Similarly for
editor “eds” - some just want “ed” no matter how many editors.
Oh - Quick question, not sure if its an issue, but one example I looked at
had 4 authors and 6 editors, and the rules weren’t clear if the et. al. rule
kicked in at the same number. It might be that some weird format wants 2
authors before the et al, but 4 editors before et. al. Probably too weird to
worry about though.
Another couple of terms that I haven’t seen around are
ed - for edition - as in 3rd ed – this one is perhaps marginal as you can
include it in the database. You get into trouble with things like an edition
variable of 3 and needing to format it as “3rd ed.” perhaps.
or some such might be worth thinking about?
Vol - for volume - as in Vol. 3 - might be similar rules to edition.
e.g. from AMA style including both these:
Johannsen EC, Madoff LC. Infections of the liver and biliary system. In:
Mandell GL, Bennett JC, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s:
Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. Vol 1. 6th ed. Philadelphia,
PA: Elsevier; 2005:951-952.
Anon and n.d. I think I mentioned before.
Available at: is required in the APSA format for URLs
If you really want to go to town, there are a load of terms in
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/training/referencing/harvard.htm
that are explicit. I admit I ignored most of them.
Available from World Wide Web: [manuscript] CD-ROM [performance viewed…]
[video for television transmission] etc etc.
Julian.