jjmccollum
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2 years ago Okay, I have this working using the following lines:
% Setup abbreviation settings
\definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull][\inshort] % we need the \inshort command to access abbreviations by their entry tag
...
% Shorthand citation setup
\startsetups btx:sbl:cite:shorthand
\begingroup
\def\currentbtxcategory{\btxfield{category}}
\texdefinition{btx:sbl:short:shorthand}
\endgroup
\removeunwantedspaces
\removepunctuation
\stopsetups
...
% Short citations setup
\startsetups btx:sbl:cite:short
...
% If this entry has its own shorthand, then add it to the abbreviations list,
% associated with the listsubcite alternative of its citation
\texdefinition{btx:sbl:doifownfield} {shorthand} {
% NB: Alternate abbreviation lists (e.g., a separate one for the bibliography, or individual ones for journals, series, books, etc.)
% could be used based on user settings if we replace "abbreviation" below with the appropriate name
\expanded{\definesynonym[yes][abbreviation][\currentbtxtag]{\textcite[alternative=shorthand,lefttext=,righttext=][\currentbtxtag]}{\textcite[alternative=listsubcite,lefttext=,righttext=][\currentbtxtag]}}
}
...
\stopsetupsMy steps in getting here are detailed in the "Short forms and abbreviations in bibliography" thread in the ConTeXt mailing list.
As I mention in the note above, this setup should allow for future configurability if users want to specify a separate abbreviations list for bibliographic shorthands.
Now I just have to implement some of the finer details of how this works. I would have expected each entry in the abbreviations list to contain a full citation alongside the shorthand, but it looks like biblatex-sbl includes both a full citation in the abbreviations list and a full citation in the bibliographic list. This seems redundant to me, but if it's the best practice followed by biblatex, then I can reproduce it.
I also noticed that biblatex-sbl intelligently detects when a shorthand abbreviates the names of the authors (e.g., for works like BDAG, BDB, and BDF; see §7.1) and when it abbreviates the title (which is what happens in most cases, but see §§7.2 and 7.3 for specific examples) and typesets it accordingly:
- If the shorthand abbreviates the title, then the formatting of the title (e.g., italic) is used for the shorthand; otherwise, the shorthand is printed without formatting.
- If the shorthand abbreviates the title, then the long citation in the abbreviations list places the title before the authors (in terms of this module, it uses the
listsubcitecitation alternative); otherwise, it places the authors first (i.e., it uses theentrycitation alternative).
As far as I can tell, the only check it needs to make to detect this is whether the entry's shorthand field matches its shorttitle field. I should be able to reproduce this with a few more changes.
Anytime a shorthand is cited for the first time, it should be added to the abbreviations list, with the printed abbreviation retaining its formatting (e.g., journal shorthands should be italicized, while series shorthands should not) and the
listsubciterendering assigned as the full form of the abbreviation (something like\abbreviation[\btxflush{shorthand}]{\texdefinition{btx:sbl:cite:shorthand}}{\textcite[listsubcite][\btxflush{shorthand}]}should work for this). This may also necessitate handling certain examples (e.g., PGM) differently, as no two entries should have the same shorthand.