Abbreviated titles for in-line citations

Hi all. For publishing on web, I prefer an inline citation style with very abbreviated titles of books and journal articles (of one or two words, similar to those used in some footnote styles). I don't see any field that's appropriate for this use, as the "Short Title" field is already widely used for the first part of title.

To illustrate what I mean here's an example.

An example of what exists:

Title: Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene : three regna minora of northern Mesopotamia between east and west
Short Title: Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene

An example of what I need:
Abbreviated Title: Sophene
In-line citation: (Marciak, Sophene, 135) [with Sophene in italics]

Is there a way to create these kinds of citations automatically?

Many thanks for any help!
  • Short Title is the correct field. That it’s often automatically populated with the first part of the title is just a convenience.
  • Thanks. I'd prefer to have three separate fields

    Title (the complete title, for when space is not an issue),

    Short Title (generally the first deck of multiple-deck titles, for when space is an issue),

    and something like Tiny Title (one or two words, used only in in-text citations and certain footnote styles that use these instead of year).

    It looks like I can do this for now by putting a custom field in the Extra box and making my own custom citation style that uses it. If others want this ability I would sign on to a feature request.
  • citation-label is a value CSL variable similar to what you are calling “tiny title”.
  • Thanks for the tip! Better to use that than some new invention.
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