Add support for software citations to behavioral-ecology-and-sociobiology.csl

[tsievert]

The style is dependent on http://www.zotero.org/styles/springer-basic-author-date

It does not properly support references to software/computer programs.

How it should look:

R Core Team (2019). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing. Version 3.6.1. Vienna, Austria. URL
https://www.R-project.org/.

How it currently is formatted:

R Core Team (2019) R: A language and environment for statistical computing.

Edit: This is in Mendeley when the document type is set to "Computer Program"

[POBrien333]

Can you export the item as .json/or some other format and attach here? Then I´ll have a look.

[tsievert]

I hope RIS is ok. I had to quickly zip it, otherwise I couldn't have uploaded it directly.
I could also offer it as BIB or XML.
R_citation.zip

[adam3smith]

(@POBrien333 we currently recognize software as book with a version number in CSL styles and leave a comment in the style to update; see e.g. APA for an example)

[stale]

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[tsievert]

Bad bot

[POBrien333]

Let's see if I did this right. ;)

@tsievert You are actually missing the version number in that .ris file you sent over.

[adam3smith]

closed via #4652

[tsievert]

Hey @POBrien333 ,

Thanks a lot, but the output has not changed at all for me.
Here is the bibtex (which this times contains the version number).
r_stats.zip

[POBrien333]

This item is a book, so it will be printed out just like any book.

[tsievert]

Then it seems to be more a problem with Mendeley instead of the citation style.
The .xml also clearly identifies it as software, the only odd one is the bibtex.

[POBrien333]

Hi,
Just tried to test it and fix it with Mendeley. The style works fine with Zotero.
Unfortunately, the CSL mapping with Mendeley is pretty inconsistent. I had an old file with the mapping, so I was able to track the issue down.
If you change the title macro to this it'll work:
<macro name="title"> <choose> <if type="book article" match="any"> <group delimiter=". "> <group delimiter=", "> <text variable="title"/> <text macro="edition"/> </group> <choose> <!-- Replace with type="software" as that becomes available --> <if type="book article" match="any" variable="number"> <text variable="number" prefix="Version "/> </if> </choose> </group> </if> <else> <text variable="title"/> </else> </choose> </macro>

(Make sure the file a different title, self-link and ID and FILENAME, otherwise it'll be overwritten)

Alternatively, switching to Zotero is not all that hard and I'm happy to help you with that, if that is an option.

[tsievert]

Thanks, I'll try that.
I raised the issue with the Mendeley support linking to this issue.
And I would love to switch back to Zotero, but unfortunately I'm limited by the university IT rules at the moment.

[adam3smith]

@POBrien333 -- I have a CSL that exports all data from Mendeley into (kind of) CSL JSON -- that should allow you to see the item types and mappings for computer programs https://github.com/adam3smith/custom-csl/blob/master/cslDataExporter.csl

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:26 AM POBrien333 ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, Just tried to test it and fix it with Mendeley. The style works fine with Zotero. Unfortunately, the CSL mapping with Mendeley is pretty inconsistent. I had an old file with the mapping, so I tried to change the CSL style to "number" instead of "version" and also took outthe conditional, but I can't figure out with which variable Mendeley saves the version number. I'm afraid that's how far I can help you here. Maybe just write the version number in the title field to have it included or edit the citation manually at the end. — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4389?email_source=notifications&email_token=AAA7PWX4W777UQPDL7YEJWTREPDH5A5CNFSM4JIMCVF2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEMXYYZY#issuecomment-590318695>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAA7PWXO6ZFBTGJS463VU3LREPDH5ANCNFSM4JIMCVFQ> .

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[POBrien333]

Ah great. That'll come in handy. Thanks for that. :)