refbase-talk

[refbase-talk] Author name formatting

[Hiren <hi...@gm...>]

Dear all,

I'm wondering if there is some way around the following:  when I enter a
publication, I usually provide author names as done in the author field for
BibTeX.  That is, "First1 Last1 and First2 Last2 and First3 and Last3"
provides names of three authors.  Depending on the bibliography style, the
author names are concatenated to first initial and last name or full names
and so on.  In refbase, when I enter author names as above, it preserves the
exact description of the entry. Therefore, it shows "First1 Last1 and First2
Last2 and First3 and Last3" as the author names.  This is not how I want to
publish it on the websites.  It is, however, necessary for exporting to
BibTeX so that the bibliography styles can format the entry accordingly.

Is there a way to extend a citeStyle such that the author names are
interpreted as in BibTex such that I can enter the above author name list
and it shows up as "Last1, F1., Last2, F2. and Last3, F3." without having to
manually insert it that way as author names.

Regards,
-- Hiren

Re: [refbase-talk] Author name formatting

[Richard K. <kar...@gm...>]

By default, if you format author names as:
 "Last1, First1; Last2, First2; Last3, First3"
then refbase will display it that way on the website, will properly
abbreviate them for citations styles & will also export it to BibTeX as
"Last1, First1 and Last2, First2 and Last3, First3".  You could also
import from BibTeX & the names will be automatically reformatted for you.


> Is there a way to extend a citeStyle such that the author names are
> interpreted as in BibTex such that I can enter the above author name
> list and it shows up as "Last1, F1., Last2, F2. and Last3, F3." without
> having to manually insert it that way as author names.

How do you want it displayed on the website?  You could potentially
change the parser for the record add form to accommodate this, but I'm
not sure if the default might not be "good enough" for you.

--Rick

Re: [refbase-talk] Author name formatting

[Matthias S. <mst...@re...>]

Hi Hiren,

As Rick already explained, refbase requires a particular formatting in
the 'author' & 'editor' fields so that it can correctly re-format
author & editor names upon citation output or export. A person's
family and given name(s) must be separated with a comma & a space
(', '). Multiple persons must be separated with a semicolon & a space
('; '). Example:

 Clough, LM; de Broyer, H-C; Ambrose Jr., WG

If you hover your mouse over a field in the refbase Edit form, you
should see a yellow tool tip with formatting info & examples for that
particular field. Also, see the comments & examples given here:

 <http://www.refbase.net/index.php/Table_refs>

Alternatively, as alreday mentioned by Rick, you could also import
some BibTeX/RIS/Endnote data and see how refbase formats the data.

HTH, Matthias


On Tue, 02-Feb-2010 07:55 -0800, Richard Karnesky wrote:

> By default, if you format author names as: "Last1, First1; Last2,
> First2; Last3, First3" then refbase will display it that way on the
> website, will properly abbreviate them for citations styles & will
> also export it to BibTeX as "Last1, First1 and Last2, First2 and
> Last3, First3".  You could also import from BibTeX & the names will
> be automatically reformatted for you.
> 
> > Is there a way to extend a citeStyle such that the author names
> > are interpreted as in BibTex such that I can enter the above
> > author name list and it shows up as "Last1, F1., Last2, F2. and
> > Last3, F3." without having to manually insert it that way as
> > author names.
> 
> How do you want it displayed on the website?  You could potentially
> change the parser for the record add form to accommodate this, but
> I'm not sure if the default might not be "good enough" for you.