Upgrade StorageBook Section (i.e. @inbook) — Why No Chapter Metadata Field?
The canonical BibTeΧ template for @inbook (i.e. https://www.bibtex.com/t/template-inbook/) includes "chapter" as a metadata field.
See full template here:
```
@inbook{citekey,
author = "",
title = "",
chapter = "",
publisher = "",
year = "",
volume = "",
number = "",
series = "",
type = "",
address = "",
edition = "",
month = "",
pages = "",
note = "",
annote = ""
}
```
Even the most minimal template specified by BibTeΧ includes the chapter field:
```
@inbook{citekey,
editor = "",
title = "",
chapter = "",
publisher = "",
year = ""
}
```
When thinking of a "book section", in practice, this most commonly means "book chapter".
Yet Zotero's "book section" metadata does not include "chapter" as a field. This is problematic—it means I've been unable to make use of the chapter metadata included in every single book chapter BibTeΧ file I've imported into my library. Instead, I've had to go and backfill chapter information in the "extra" field in these items, which is extra manual work and also makes it more difficult to filter on and query (both in the Zotero UI and with the API).
Please fix this ASAP! It's been missing for years, and I can't think of a good reason why.
See full template here:
```
@inbook{citekey,
author = "",
title = "",
chapter = "",
publisher = "",
year = "",
volume = "",
number = "",
series = "",
type = "",
address = "",
edition = "",
month = "",
pages = "",
note = "",
annote = ""
}
```
Even the most minimal template specified by BibTeΧ includes the chapter field:
```
@inbook{citekey,
editor = "",
title = "",
chapter = "",
publisher = "",
year = ""
}
```
When thinking of a "book section", in practice, this most commonly means "book chapter".
Yet Zotero's "book section" metadata does not include "chapter" as a field. This is problematic—it means I've been unable to make use of the chapter metadata included in every single book chapter BibTeΧ file I've imported into my library. Instead, I've had to go and backfill chapter information in the "extra" field in these items, which is extra manual work and also makes it more difficult to filter on and query (both in the Zotero UI and with the API).
Please fix this ASAP! It's been missing for years, and I can't think of a good reason why.
What does chapter do though? Just a chapter number? And if so, when and how is that used? I'm just not seeing this in citations, including in the science & engineering disciplines that would use BibTeX
Several relevant styles guides do support it and perhaps Zotero is missing support for multiple location fields, not just for chapters.
Example from the ABNT (Brazil) style guide:
MANFROI, V. Vinho branco. In: VENTURINI FILHO, W. G. (coord.). Bebidas alcoólicas: ciência e tecnologia. São Paulo: Blucher, 2010. v. 1, cap. 7, p. 143-163.
Examples from the NLM Style Guide (US):
Riffenburgh RH. Statistics in medicine. 2nd ed. Amsterdam (Netherlands): Elsevier Academic Press; c2006. Chapter 24, Regression and correlation methods; p. 447-86.
Speroff, Leon; Fritz, Marc A. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; c2005. Chapter 29, Endometriosis; p. 1103-33.
Wood AF, Smith MJ. Online communication: linking technology, identity, and culture. Mahwah (NJ): Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; c2001. Figure A.1, Linear versus hypertext; p. 204.
I believe the best solution would be to have something like the author field for locations. The user could reference one or more location types, including chapters, pages, tables and figures.