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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-11-27 03:01:12 +0000 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-11-27 03:01:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/biblatex-apa.tex b/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/biblatex-apa.tex index 5202c2f914..eb9b13c115 100644 --- a/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/biblatex-apa.tex +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/biblatex-apa.tex @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ url={http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-apa/}, author={Philip Kime}, email={Philip@kime.org.uk}, - revision={9.0}, + revision={9.1}, date={\today}} \hypersetup{% @@ -67,14 +67,17 @@ your language, they are generally marked with ``\texttt{\%FIXME}``. \subsection{About} This package is a Bib\LaTeX\ style for APA (American Psychological -Association) style compliant documents typeset in \latex. It implements a -citation style (\file{apa.cbx}), a references section style +Association) 7th Edition style compliant documents typeset in \latex. It +implements a citation style (\file{apa.cbx}), a references section style (\file{apa.bbx}), some data model enhancements (\file{apa.dbx}) and string localisation files (\path{<language>-apa.lbx}). The style is loaded just like any other Bib\LaTeX\ styles but don't try to use the citation and references styles separately as they rely on each other, macro-wise, in places. +Please see the package |biblatex-apa6| on CTAN for the APA 6th edition +conformant version of this style. + In general, there is no attempt to generalise this style for non-APA requirements--it is written for APA compliance only. Having said that, there are a few options which allow users to change the APA defaults. @@ -179,18 +182,6 @@ style will ensure this too. \subsection{Package options}\label{opts} -The following options are set as usual in the options passed to -|biblatex|. - -\begin{ltxcode} -apabackref=true|false -\end{ltxcode}%| - -\noindent It is not APA style to include backreferences in the References to -pages where citations of the entry occur. However, this is very -useful, especially in proofing and so if you set the |apabackref| -option to «true», these are enabled. The default is «false». - \begin{ltxcode} apamaxprtauth=<num> \end{ltxcode} @@ -198,7 +189,7 @@ apamaxprtauth=<num> \noindent This option controls the number of author/editor names which are printed in the References. APA style defaults to 20. You can change this if you really want to fully print all author list references in certain -contexts (for example in a CV where you are an author in position 21 \ldots) +contexts (for example in a CV where you are an author in position 21 \ldots). \subsection{Localisation} @@ -237,17 +228,6 @@ A customisable macro \cmd{urldatecomma} determines what comes between the date of a URL and the URL itself. This defaults to the standard comma and space as per APA style but just a space in germanic localisations. -\subsection{Limitations} -\label{use:limit} -There are certain limitations you need to bear in mind when using these -styles. The APA manual is written without much regard for automation of -citation and references processing---it just tells you how it wants things to -look and the implicit assumption is that you would type out everything by -hand if necessary. Having said that, the majority of the APA citation -and references style is implemented, there are just a few exceptions which -are hardly worth the coding pain since they are ambiguous and easily worked -around. - \section{Details} The detailed information for this style is contained in the example document and @@ -257,7 +237,7 @@ accompanying \path{.bib} files: \item[\path{biblatex-apa-test.tex}]\footnote{\path{biblatex-apa-test.pdf} is also provided and is the typeset version of this \latex source file.} This document typesets every useful example from - \apa{8}--\apa{10}. The examples in it aim to look as much like the APA + \apa{8--10}. The examples in it aim to look as much like the APA manual examples as possible. All citation examples in the document are real examples using a \path{.bib} file. \item[\path{biblatex-apa-test-citations.bib}] This contains the \path{.bib} @@ -265,10 +245,10 @@ accompanying \path{.bib} files: in this file---it's just used to provide real data for the citation examples. \item[\path{biblatex-apa-test-references.bib}] This contains the - \path{.bib} entries for all of the examples in \apa{9} and \apa{10}. This + \path{.bib} entries for all of the examples in \apa{9--11}. This file is the main documentation for the |biblatex-apa| implementation of the APA References section style. To see how the style deals with a - particular example from \apa{9} or \apa{10}, look it up in here. Every + particular example from \apa{9--11}, look it up in here. Every example is marked with the APA example number and has explanatory notes where necessary. \item[\path{apa.cbx}] The |biblatex-apa| citations style. It is @@ -388,11 +368,37 @@ because date formatting differs in the style between academic and non-academic articles. This is a more general solution than introducing new entry types which are not supported by other software. +\subsubsection{Legal Entry Types} + +\apa{11} contains the format guidelines for legal references. This is fully +implemented and the |biblatex-apa-test-references.bib| demonstrates which +entry types and fields are used to produce the \apa{11} examples. There are +some custom entry types and fields used to manage this, as you will see in +the |.bib| file. Considerable use is made of localisation strings in legal +entries due to the requirements that certain strings change their +abbreviation status between citations and references (and even between +parenthetical and narrative citations). + +The localisation strings for the U.S. specific elements of this section +(most of it) are not provided in other languages as there is not much +point. Feel free to copy them from |american-apa.lbx| if you really need +to. Localisation strings for all 50 U.S. States are provided to support +state constitution references. + +Pay attention to the |JURISDICTION| entries in the example |.bib| which use +|biber|'s data annotation feature in order to match the required style +elements. The names of the data annotations are not optional and must match +the examples. + \section{Revision history}\label{rev} \begin{changelog} -\begin{release}{9.0}{2019-} +\begin{release}{9.1}{2019-11-27} +\item Bug fixes, internal improvements and implementation of \apa{11}. +\end{release} + +\begin{release}{9.0}{2019-11-23} \item First release (of APA 7th edition style) \end{release} |