Upgrade Storage(1) Support for ancient/Medieval texts and (2) Link to other editions/original language
These are two feature requests, but they are linked, at least in the way I would use them.
(1) I know classical texts, etc. have been discussed here before, and that there was some hesitance to add a new item type. In the humanities, however, most style guides give separate guidelines for the use of classical texts or the like, and they are very freqently used in a large number of disciplines (classics, ancient and Medieval history, theology, biblical studies, art history, philosophy, etc.). A seperate item type would allow for the different conventions of the relevant styles. E.g., Chicago does not use "ibid" for successive references to a classical text, but does for secondary literature, and the translator or editor of a modern edition of a classical text would not always be included in a reference to that text, but would be listed in a bibliography.
Such a type could use existing locators, I think.
If this is a possibility, I can provide more detail.
(2) I think the ability to link two items in various relationships would be broadly useful, for example (a) an English translation of a French book, or (b) a second edition where publication information for the first edition should be included, or (c) a journal artical reprinted in a collection of essays, as specified in many style guides.
This would also allow a classical text, for example, to be linked to both a modern translation and to one or more critical editions of the text.
The first, I think, is a more pressing need than the second.
Thanks
(1) I know classical texts, etc. have been discussed here before, and that there was some hesitance to add a new item type. In the humanities, however, most style guides give separate guidelines for the use of classical texts or the like, and they are very freqently used in a large number of disciplines (classics, ancient and Medieval history, theology, biblical studies, art history, philosophy, etc.). A seperate item type would allow for the different conventions of the relevant styles. E.g., Chicago does not use "ibid" for successive references to a classical text, but does for secondary literature, and the translator or editor of a modern edition of a classical text would not always be included in a reference to that text, but would be listed in a bibliography.
Such a type could use existing locators, I think.
If this is a possibility, I can provide more detail.
(2) I think the ability to link two items in various relationships would be broadly useful, for example (a) an English translation of a French book, or (b) a second edition where publication information for the first edition should be included, or (c) a journal artical reprinted in a collection of essays, as specified in many style guides.
This would also allow a classical text, for example, to be linked to both a modern translation and to one or more critical editions of the text.
The first, I think, is a more pressing need than the second.
Thanks
https://github.com/ajlyon/zotero-bits/issues?page=1&state=open - fbennett already has classical texts in his MLZ fork of Zotero IIRC.
Item type and field updates will most likely be in Zotero 4.2
For links between items you can use the "related" feature in Zotero, though there is no way to use that in actual citations. Semantic/Hierarchic item types are a longstanding planned feature, but nothing that will happen within the next year or so.