multi-part lastname error

marionsd

I have a citation whose lead author is P.J. van Mantgem. In the database, I've listed the surname as "van Mantgem." In the citation, it shows up correctly, as (van Mantgem et al. 2009). But then in the bibliography, it does this (and puts it under the M's):

Mantgem, P.J. van, Stephenson, N.L., Byrne, J.C., et al. (2009). “Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States.” Science 323(5913), 521-524. DOI: 10.1126/science.1165000.

Maybe this would be standard in Europe, but it's not how I need it. Any idea how to fix it?

marionsd

This is with my custom style, by the way. With Chicago author-date, it does it slightly differently: It orders it under the M's, but it does list it as "van Mantgem."

van Mantgem, Phillip J., Nathan L. Stephenson, John C. Byrne, Lori D. Daniels, Jerry F. Franklin, Peter Z. Fulé, Mark E. Harmon, et al. 2009. Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States. Science 323, no. 5913: 521-524. doi:10.1126/science.1165000.

marionsd

My custom style is an adaptation of the Harvard that comes with Zotero.

Rintze

Can you make your style available online? E.g. you can copy and paste it to https://gist.github.com/, and report the URL here.

marionsd

git://gist.github.com/839232.git

marionsd

I think it's something built into Zotero's thinking, though -- it seems to be programmed to dismiss the "von" as an insignificant particle. Not sure what it would do with a standard Spanish name, like Maria Perez Ruiz (where Perez Ruiz are both her surnames).

adamsmith

this can be done correctly only in Zotero 2.1b - if you're using that, see here:
http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#name-part-order
otherwise, you'll have to wait.

Rintze

Web URL: https://gist.github.com/839232

Zotero 2.1/CSL 1.0 have more elaborate support for name particles, see also http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#name-part-order. To get "van Mantgem, P.J.", and have it sorted under "V", you have to set the value of the "demote-non-dropping-particle" attribute on the "style" element to "never".

marionsd

What is the proper syntax? I tried it in my author macro and the validator got really upset.

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Error: Attribute demote-non-dropping-particle not allowed on element name from namespace http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl at this point.

From line 38, column 7; to line 38, column 142

r">↩ <name form="short" and="text" delimiter=", " demote-non-dropping-particle="never" delimiter-precedes-last="never" initialize-with=". "/>↩

marionsd

Actually, I'd put it into the author-short macro, not the author one, but either way, the validator isn't liking it.

Rintze

You need to add the attribute to the style element, so

<style xmlns="http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl" version="1.0" class="in-text" default-locale="en-US">

becomes

<style xmlns="http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl" version="1.0" class="in-text" default-locale="en-US" demote-non-dropping-particle="never">

marionsd

Thank you! I got it to work now. It is a very dangerous thing, letting former English/history majors moonlight as self-taught programmers...

adamsmith

nono - the underlying code for this is mainly written by a lawyer, based on code from a geographer, with help from a biologist (the latter being Rintze above) - so don't be shy, people are happy to help.