please help with style modification

Cathryne

Hejhej!

Starting from this style http://www.zotero.org/styles/angewandte-chemie I would like to introduce a weblink. The style should give the DOI if available or the website.
I tried to put
<choose>
<if variable="DOI">
<text variable="DOI" prefix="direct link: http://dx.doi.org/"/>
</if>
<else>
<text term="direct link: " suffix=" "/>
<text variable="URL"/>
</else>
right before
<citation>
<option name="collapse" value="citation-number"/>
<sort>...
and loaded the style in Zotero (latest stable Firefox, OpenOffice and Zotero addons).
The bibliography didn't change though :-(
Also tried to delete the section
<choose>
<if variable="page" match="none">
<choose>
<if variable="DOI">
<text variable="DOI" prefix="DOI "/>
</if>
</choose>
<choose>
<if type="webpage">
<text variable="URL" prefix="can be found under "/>
</if>
</choose>
</if>
</choose>
which was above my addition, but no results again.

Could anyone give me a tip how to insert this little DOI/URL choise into the style? Thanks!

adamsmith

this line:
<text term="direct link: " suffix=" "/>
isn't valid (nor is it a good idea to use).
Remove it and instead add prefix to the URL:
<text variable="URL" prefix="direct link: "/>

also, your added section needs a closing </choose>
Deleting the other section should be fine.

Cathryne

Thanks for the tip :-)
However, I was able to solve the problem by replacing the I delted before (see first post) with:
<choose>
<if variable="DOI">
<text variable="DOI" prefix="direct link: http://dx.doi.org/"/>
</if>
<else>
<if type="webpage">
<text variable="URL" prefix="direct link: "/>
</if>
</else>
</choose>
Now the DOI is inserted right after the prefix, so that it becomes a clickable link. I am still trying to get it to 'code' the choise: IF DOI, ELSE URL. Will post my findings, am still grateful for help ;-)

adamsmith

I don't understand the "however" - you did what I suggested, no?

The code above shouldn't work correctly - it misses and <choose> </choose> (for the if type=webpage)
you might get lucky and have it work but it's not recommended.
Why do you even need that?

Could you describe more specifically what you're trying to do?

Cathryne

The style I start with doesn't insert DOI or URL into the bibliography. To make it easier for the reader to follow the references, I want to add the following capability to the style:
- insert the DOI number IF it is in the citation's data
- ELSE insert URL
- do nothing if both are inavailable

Your suggestion about "<text variable="URL" prefix="direct link: "/>" didn't work unfortunately. Yes, I added </choose> ;-)

noksagt

Why not replace<if type="webpage">with<if variable="URL">(or just remove that if block completely if the only line you have there is <text variable="URL" prefix="direct link: "/>because it should fail gracefully).

adamsmith

note that if you use noksagt's first suggestions you still need to enclose the <if> </if> by <choose> </choose>

but I think the second suggestion - taking out the <if type> and </if> entirely makes more sense anyway.

Cathryne

OK, this one definitely does what I want:
<choose>
<if variable="DOI">
<text variable="DOI" prefix="direct link: http://dx.doi.org/"/>
</if> ---> prints the DOI number into a clickable link
<else>
<text variable="URL" prefix="direct link: "/>
</else> ---> prints the URL only if no DOI is available
</choose>

If I leave out any IF or ELSE now, both DOI and URL are printed, which makes the citation list a bit fuller than my supervisor accepts ;-D

the ELSE part can also be replaced with
<if variable="URL">
<text variable="URL" prefix="direct link: "/>
</if>

OK now: never change a running system (right before handing in your Master thesis) ;-D

Thanks for your help/Takk for hjelpen :-)