Request: Book Chapters as Childs in Book item

carvalhar
Dear all,

Would it be possible to add a book chapter type inside a book item?

In my field of study it's common to have companions, books organized by a team of editors and a different author for each chapter.

To be able to use Zotero in LibreOffice and to cite it properly, ie, only the chapter that I need, i have to duplicate a record with Zutilo to create a book chapter from a book item. But then, I have two different items in my list that relate to the same PDF.

This could be solved if a book item could have nested books chapters, this way, we could cite only the chapter and avoiding a duplication of records, because the main list would be listing only the book item (as the chapter is its child).

I hope that I was clear.

Thanks

  • adamsmith
    That's long been discussed -- most commonly as "hierarchical item types" -- it's fairly difficult to do on a technical level, so I honestly wouldn't expect this to happy any time soon.
  • carvalhar
    Wouldn't it be a simple solution if a child item (as a book chapter) gets a "visible=no" property and is then placed as it was a pdf file inside the book item? this way, if we need to edit it, it would be a matter of visivble=yes and then return back to a nested item, as it was a 'file'.
  • nathan.hopson
    +1 feature request
  • williamcrandall
    +1 feature request.

    Yes, this would be a significant, but greatly valued technical undertaking.

    For parts of a book, there are prefaces, translators' introductions,
    section introductions, name indexes, subject indexes, as well as
    basic chapters. And objects of objects ARE inherently complex.

    I used to use (when funds were plentiful) Citavi, which handles this
    use-case with ease. It is THE ONE feature I miss above all others.

    Please do consider implementing this before other upgrades.

    Thanks!


  • thurstonet
    +1 feature request
  • SBolz
    +1 feature request
  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    +1. I wonder if implementing this feature is any more feasible now with the new beta design.
  • v4u6h4n
    +1

    This would reaaally simplify handling copious chapter citations.
  • Yokotaashi
    + 1 Yes to this, it would also be useful for multiple volumes within a single work and multiple chapters within those volumes. There are also "plates" and other items that are referenced by multiple chapters but exist as separate items in the work (in this case a professional paper). It wouldn't make sense to add them as an attachment to one single chapter, but belongs instead to the volume. The volumes then belong to the publication which has TOC and cover material that are also separate documents, but should be able to be associated. I have other publications that are like this with a separate index and TOC and acknowledgements and all that.
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