Media for electronic resources

snoopyzhao

Hi there,

As requested by GB/T 7714-2015 (a Chinese standard for citation and bibliography), any electronic resources should indicate its medium in the bibliography. The medium includes disk (DK), magnetic tape (MT), CD-ROM (CD) and online (OL). However, I don't find there is a field in Zotero that could be used for such information.

In CSL, there is a variable called "medium", but not presented in Zotero.

Any suggestion?

Best,
Jinsong

adamsmith

Medium is used in some Zotero type. For others, you can addit using medium: CD-ROM and the like in Zotero's Extra field.

snoopyzhao

@adamsmith

Thanks!

How to add? I don't find a way to do such thing in Zotero. Any docs?

BTW, how do you highlight the `medium: CD-ROM` in your post?

Thanks again.

Best,
Jinsong

snoopyzhao

I got the information from https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/item_types_and_fields.

poettli

[Edit] Wrong thread, sorry

adamsmith

So @snoopyzhao you're all set now, yes?

(to add code snippets in the forum place text between <code> and </code>)

snoopyzhao

yes, I set it, and it works. Thanks.

However, I don't know how to write conditions for variable in style. For example, if medium is CD-ROM, then the indicator is "CD".

<if match="all" variable="medium">
<!--
if value = "CD-ROM", then
-->
<text value="CD"/>
<!--
if value = "online", then
<text value = "OL"/>
-->
</if>

bwiernik

It’s not possible to test the contents of a variable, only to print the variable as-entered in the Zotero field or Extra. The user will need to enter it as “CD”.

snoopyzhao

Well. It's indeed the user's responsibility to input correct information.

Another related question, if the medium was online, then URL would be add into bibliography. How to implement it? Thanks.