Upgrade StorageMHRA: problem citing multiple works by same author
First of all, really impressed with Zotero - absolutely love it so far.
But I've come across a bit of a problem in MHRA when I want to cite more than one work by the same author. The first time I cite all the info is presented correctly, and the different works are clearly distinguished. In subsequent citations, however, the reference just gives author name and page number, without specifying which work I'm citing. So, for example:
A first footnote reads as follows:
Walter Benjamin, Illuminationen: Ausgewählte Schriften (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1961), 67. Walter Benjamin, Illuminations, ed. by Hannah Arendt, trans. by Harry Zohn (London: Pimlico, 1999), 80.
When I refer to both these different texts in a subsequent footnote, however, this is what I get:
Benjamin, 60. Benjamin, 73.
Is this a bug? Presumably some further information is needed here to distinguish between the 2 (e.g. a title, or at the very least, a date). Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
But I've come across a bit of a problem in MHRA when I want to cite more than one work by the same author. The first time I cite all the info is presented correctly, and the different works are clearly distinguished. In subsequent citations, however, the reference just gives author name and page number, without specifying which work I'm citing. So, for example:
A first footnote reads as follows:
Walter Benjamin, Illuminationen: Ausgewählte Schriften (Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1961), 67. Walter Benjamin, Illuminations, ed. by Hannah Arendt, trans. by Harry Zohn (London: Pimlico, 1999), 80.
When I refer to both these different texts in a subsequent footnote, however, this is what I get:
Benjamin, 60. Benjamin, 73.
Is this a bug? Presumably some further information is needed here to distinguish between the 2 (e.g. a title, or at the very least, a date). Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
MHRA explicitly doesn't want short titles when they aren't necessary - which is a lot of the times - so they're not in the style.
On the other hand, Zotero can't disambiguate this correctly - i.e. it's not possible to write disambiguation that will add a short title if, otherwise, subsequent citations are indistinguishable.
Unfortunately, I don't see anything in the new csl specs, implemented in Zotero 2.1b, that would allow this either - but it might still be possible - Frank Bennett is around a lot these days, so maybe he can clarify.
<choose>This works for certain in Zotero 2.1. It's in the CSL 0.8 spec as well, but I'm not sure if it's been implemented there.<if position="subsequent">
<names variable="author">
<name form="short" />
</names>
<choose>
<if disambiguate="true">
<text prefix=", " variable="title" />
</if>
</choose>
</if>
</choose>