LtgOslo_BibTeX

Background

When writing jointly, with various sub-groups of people, one of the more time-consuming tasks can be the unification of BibTeX entries from multiple sources. To avoid duplicate entries in bibliographic references, it can be helpful to use a common scheme for generating citation keys, i.e. the unique strings used in \cite{} commands. Furthermore, there is some stylistic variation in how to typeset bibliographic references, and there can even be discrepancies between different so-called BibTeX styles, for example in the range of entry types that they support and which files they allow (or require). Thus, it can further be useful to converge on a small-ish subset of common BibTeX styles and make sure to operate within their parameters.

Towards a Shared References Collection

  svn co http://svn.emmtee.net/ltg/tex

Naming Conventions for Citation Keys

Please consult the files below ltg/bib/ (in the above SVN repository) for existing entries and inspiration in creating new entries. Specifically, please obey the following format in creating citation keys:

• for references with a single author, use the last name suffixed with the last two

  digits of the year of publication, e.g. Alshawi:92. In case there are multiple entries by the same name in any given year, add additional letter suffices, e.g. Erbach:91a.

• for multi-authored references, compose the first three letter of the first three

  authors, plus the two-digit year, e.g. Ber:Hel:04 for Beermann and Hellan (2004) and Bon:Oep:Sie:05 for Bond, Oepen, Siegel, Copestake, and Flickinger (2005).

We plan to continually grow our collection of BibTeX entries and share it within the group (and possibly external collaborators), therefore consistency of entries is important. Also, note that there is a set of pre-defined strings, e.g. for the names of conferences and institutions; where applicable, please make good use of these or add additional ones, e.g.

  @string{MONS:04 = {Rapport fra det 10. møte om norsk språk}}

  @inproceedings{Joh:Nyg:04b,
    author = {Janne Bondi Johannessen and Lars Nygaard},
    title = {Oslo-skogen. {E}n trebank for norsk},
    booktitle = MONS:04,
    address = {Kristiansand, Norway},
    pages = {},
    year = 2004
  }

Other Relevant Best Practices

As regards in-text bibliographic references, the APA citation package provides three basic macros: \cite{}, \citeA{}, and \citeNP{}. The first form yields a reference enclosed in parenthesis, suitable for citations that serve as background information, i.e. typically act like parentheticals to their context of use. The second form only parenthesizes the year of publication and is suitable for references that serve a grammatical function in their context of use. Finally, the third form lacks all parentheses and can be used to avoid double embedding, i.e. when used within an enclosing set of parentheses. Consider the following example to see the three distinct forms:

  \citeA{Lon:Oep:Ber:04} sketch the LOGON MT system, which has some superficial similarity
  to the earlier VerbMobil effort \cite{Wahlster:00} and employs semantic transfer in the
  framework of Minimal Recursion Semantics (\MRS; \citeNP{Cop:Fli:Pol:05}).

Once typeset and processed by BibTeX, this will yield:

• Lønning, et al. (2004) sketch the LOGON MT system, which has some superficial similarity to the earlier VerbMobil effort (Wahlster, 2000) and employs semantic transfer in the framework of Minimal Recursion Semantics (MRS; Copestake, et al., 2005).