Modificated style: Kukutza for Basque

amaraun
I've edited Chicago Manual of Style (author-date) to make it suitable for Basque language.

CSL was new for me so the style could have some mistake. However, for the moment, it seems that it works :).

Its name is Kukutza and this is the link of the code:

git://gist.github.com/1519710.git

With that I think I made which is needed to include it into the repository. As far as I now it is the only style adapted to Basque.

Thanks
  • adamsmith
    I'm not sure exactly what you changed, but if avoidable we don't tend to include different language versions of one style on the repository (in any case, the way you went about with this wouldn't be suitable for the repository - you shouldn't put non-English terms into the English locale of a style).
    Instead, the way to go would be to submit a Basque locale file -
    that would certainly be very welcome.
    see here for examples
    https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales
    and here for general info and specification:
    http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html#locale-files-basic-structure
  • amaraun
    Thank you adamsmith.

    I knew it was a slapdash solution but I made it as I could with my little knowledge :).
    Now I've made a Basque locale file:

    git://gist.github.com/1520964.git

    But it won't work fine since some of the terms -as "from" for example- need to be before the item instead after it. In fact this is one of the changes I made in Chicago Style.
    I would want to make a valid style for Basque and share it. Unfortunately I have a little knowledge about programming and nearly nothing about xml and csl.
    The style I edit works quite well. If it is not too much to ask, could you please help me making it suitable for the repository, in order to be available for other Basque speakers?
    After making the locale, what is the next step? I don't know either when it is consider a modification of a style and when it is a new one.

    Thank you
  • adamsmith
    edited December 26, 2011
    That's great - we'll get that locale file up asap.
    The next steps are to
    1. Set your new style to use the basque locale at all times by including default-locale="eu" in the line that starts with <style>.
    2. Then adjust the Chicago Manual of Style file to work correctly with these terms (e.g. change the position of from as you say).
    3. The third step is provisional: Since it will take a while before the basque locale makes it to everyone, include the entire content of the locale file in the style (where you now have the definition of some of the terms.
    4. Make sure that the style conforms to all the formal requirements here (note e.g. the license requirement - we ask for a specific libre license to avoid complications)
    We can then put it up immediately and remove the part inserterd in step 3. once the locale is available for everyone.
  • RintzeRintze
    I committed the locale file: https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales/commit/fe7f1eb9ddee07773c2b770d833d1fff7b3ff9f5

    There was a small typo: <date-part name="year"suffix="/"/> should be <date-part name="year" suffix="/"/>
  • amaraun
    Ok, thanks. I've followed your steps. I am using the CSL editor of Zotero.
    1.- I set the default to Basque in the style:
    <style default-locale="eu" .....>
    Nothing changes because the style still has the definition of terms I made before. It still works well.
    2.- So I don't have to make any adjust.
    3.- I replace those terms with the locale-eu. Then the style works as if it doesn't take in account the locale-eu, that is using the terms of English. But if I set the locale section to "en" like this:
    <locale xmlns="http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl" version="1.0" xml:lang="en">
    Now the style works fine (?).
    4.-With formal requirements do you mean that the style has to be under Creative Commons?? No problem :) Are there more requirements?
    And, apart from that: how can I commit the locale, as Rintze did? Because I've have seen two typing errors there and probably I will detect more as I use the style and the locale.

    Thanks for your patience :)
  • RintzeRintze
    @1/3: if you use
    <style default-locale="eu" ... />
    you should also change the locale code on cs:locale, i.e.
    <locale xml:lang="eu">

    @4: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Style-Requirements

    If you have any corrections for the locale, just post a new gist.github link here, and I'll commit the changes.
  • amaraun
    Ok, there is the locale corrected:
    git://gist.github.com/1524764.git
    The style is working now with: <style default-locale="eu".../>&<locale>:
    git://gist.github.com/1524773.git
    It is OK so far? Let me know if there is still something to be done -or to be corrected :).
  • adamsmith
    great - the only thing missing right now is a link to itself (see the style requirements page) and then we're good to go.
    What does Kukutza mean? Is that a label that will be meaningful to other Basque users?
  • amaraun
    OK, take a look now (I think it's well):

    git://gist.github.com/1524849.git

    I chose a more meaningful name: Etxepare

    I've seen that all the locales have a name such as: locale-aa-AA. What's the meaning of the last two letters? (hope it's not a foolish question :)
  • RintzeRintze
    Is Etxepare a reference to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Etxepare ? If that's the case, I'd rather have a more straightforward style title like "Chicago Manual of Style (author-date, Basque)"

    The "aa-AA" are language tags (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag). For example, "pt-PT" and "pt-BR" are "Portuguese" and "Brazilian Portuguese". For Basque, it's just "eu".
  • amaraun
    OK, I got it :)

    Here you are:

    git://gist.github.com/1524849.git

    Thanks!
  • amaraun
    Is it OK now?
  • RintzeRintze
    Yes. I made a few additional changes, but I added the style to the repository (it should show up within minutes).

    https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/commit/7de408c9d527780813a9b6fbbe47188c98d4a91f
  • amaraun
    It is good to see it in the repository, but there is again the problem with the locale.
    I don't know the reason but with the label: "<locale xml:lang="eu">" the style gives as a result in the bibliography "(ed)" instead "(arg.)", which is the Basque term for "editor".
    I suppose there is something I did wrong that makes it happens, but the thing is that as it is now the style is not working in Basque :(
    Any ideas?
  • RintzeRintze
    edited December 29, 2011
    I took out the xml:lang="eu" bit, although that should work. @fbennett, could you look into this? The style works properly if the default-locale and xml:lang attribut on cs:locale are both set to one of the existing language tags in the locales repo, but not with "eu".
  • fbennett
    I finally picked this up. "eu" will be properly recognized as Basque in the next processor release.

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