[Docutils-users] Use of citations?

[Paul T. <pau...@gm...>]

I am producing XSLT sylesheets to convert RST to FO, and then to PDF. I 
needed some guidance on the purpose behind the citations markup, and 
what is the expectation on how they should be rendered.

The example:

Here is a citation reference: [CIT2002]_.

.. [CIT2002] This is the citation.  It's just like a footnote,
    except the label is textual.

doesn't allow for any page numbers. So let's say that you have the 
following document:

As Powell notes, historic buildings have helped businesses [Powell2002]_ 
p33. To be sure, she doesn't overstate her case, but shows that 
preserving downtown areas can generate money [Powell2002]_ p33. Indeed, 
her statistics make a strong argument [Powell2002]_ p77.

This should be rendered as

As Powell notes, historic buildings have helped businesses^1. To be 
sure, she doesn't overstate her case, but shows that preserving downtown 
areas can generate money ^2. Indeed, her statistics make a strong 
argument ^3.

^1 Powell, *Preserving the Past.* Boston Press: Boston. 2002. P33
^2 Ibid
^3 Ibid, p 77.

Yet, there would be no way to do this, would there? If the page number 
could be associated with the citaion, then that would be possible. A 
renderer could look at the previous citation. If there was the same 
reference and page, then use ibid. If there was the same citation and a 
different page, use ibid plus the page.

Thanks

Paul

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