List of document 'types' that can be referred to in CSL file

djb21au

I'm finding my way around style generation and have a particular need to make some changes to the way websites are presented. I've used the type 'book' to apply specific styles to books, but am wondering what the correct 'type' words other for other types of document, e.g website, journal article, etc.

Does anyone have a list?

David

bdarcus

First, from the schema (which is the definitive source, and which you need to validate your style):

cs-types =
"article"
| "article-magazine"
| "article-newspaper"
| "article-journal"
| "bill"
| "book"
| "chapter"
| "entry"
| "entry-dictionary"
| "entry-encyclopedia"
| "figure"
| "graphic"
| "interview"
| "legislation"
| "legal_case"
| "manuscript"
| "map"
| "motion_picture"
| "musical_score"
| "pamphlet"
| "paper-conference"
| "patent"
| "post"
| "post-weblog"
| "personal_communication"
| "report"
| "review"
| "review-book"
| "song"
| "speech"
| "thesis"
| "treaty"
| "webpage"


Second, I strongly urge you to first see if you can get what you want without using "type." First, you'll note there is no 'website' type. Second, this list may be subject to some change. Third, you can almost always achieve more reliable and general formatting by conditioning formatting on other criteria, such as the presence of particular variables.