Substitute if Creator and Publisher are the same

bwiernik · March 25, 2014

I am aware that it is not possible to test for equivalence of fields in the current CSL schema. I am wondering what the opposition to such tests is. I understand that testing for constants ( <if type="symposium"> ) would be a nightmare. However, what is the CLS developers' issue with testing things like <if publisher=creator> in order to properly cite things like APA's (inane) rule:

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author

Is there any possibility of such equivalence tests being included in a future update to the schema?

adamsmith · April 2, 2014

I think the main issue is that it's an entirely new syntax - suggestions to add new syntax have in the past met with a fair amount of resistance, especially since different solution pose different issues for the various languages - something that may be trivial in js may not work as well in hs.
If this is for very limited cases such as APA's handling of institutional authors, I don't really see an entirely new functionality in CSL happening. If there's broader applicability, we can take it to xbiblio. Or if there's a smaller change to current functionality.