Any update or plans to include item type "Standard"? I was trying to add standards by SAE and ISO and none of the existing item types fit the bill. Just wondering if this issue is active or cold. Or, have other users have found a decent work around?
I am having trouble inputting engineering standards into Zotero.
And also in quoting them.
I try to use Document, but things get scrambled depending on what standard it is, and on the Citation style.
I realize it's not a easy task, since there is not a standard for standards....especially not US engineering standards: there are 100's of them.
The International Classification of Standards comes the closest perhaps.
But what about a Zotero type called Engineering Standards, with some Sub-Types?
Some major standard types are:
EN
ISO
ASTM
I don't know enough about Zotero to create my own template/plug-in: is there some guidance on that?
I don't think we'll add subtypes, but we can likely accommodate various forms for standards once we have a general standard item type (see above ticket and discussion). Right now there's really not much you can do, sorry. I'd generally recommend using "Report" until the proper item type is available.
While I know it will be some time before 4.2 comes about, I thought that the following site might be valuable to the future development work, and for folks currently trying to figure out how to best cite a technical standard in Zotero:
Very excited (yes, actual excitement) to see this thread, although a bit worried as it's now some time after this looked like it was going to go in and no sign of it.
I imagine that _may_ have something to do with no 4.1?
I would like to emphasize this. I professionally write expert engineering / air pollution control reports and would like to see zotero be used for this. Currently we type our bibliographys by hand. ...
A translator in order to automatically import ISO/DIN/VDI standards and a dedicated document type would be helpful in the process.
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And also in quoting them.
I try to use Document, but things get scrambled depending on what standard it is, and on the Citation style.
I realize it's not a easy task, since there is not a standard for standards....especially not US engineering standards: there are 100's of them.
The International Classification of Standards comes the closest perhaps.
But what about a Zotero type called Engineering Standards, with some Sub-Types?
Some major standard types are:
EN
ISO
ASTM
I don't know enough about Zotero to create my own template/plug-in: is there some guidance on that?
Thanks,
Alan Jarvis
Right now there's really not much you can do, sorry. I'd generally recommend using "Report" until the proper item type is available.
One has to do it all manually.
I've used "Report" as well as "Document", but either are very good.
The ASTM and EN/ISO standard web pages are very structured.
It just seems a shame there's not any way to import the data.
I'll see how EndNote does it.
http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/content.php?pid=83014&sid=1404730
I imagine that _may_ have something to do with no 4.1?
Prey tell, what news?
A translator in order to automatically import ISO/DIN/VDI standards and a dedicated document type would be helpful in the process.