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Citation of External Works in Bibliography

An in-text citation referring to a secondary work already listed in the bibliography, with an optional sublocation.

Syntax

Any number of bibliographic citations, separated by semicolons ; and enclosed within double at signs @…@, consisting of:

  • the BibLaTeX label of a previously listed bibliographic entry;
  • an optional sublocation, consisting of a metadata key (listed below) and value separated by an equals sign =.

Overview

NotationConceptual ASTPaper Output
@βₗ=kᵟ:toᵟ-fromᵟ;…@Cite { refs: βᵣ }βₚ
  • βₗ = the label of the bibliographic entry, i.e. the text immediately after the curly bracket { until the end of the line.
  • kᵟ = any valid location key (listed below).
  • toᵟ = optional sublocation key for the end of the interval.
  • fromᵟ = optional sublocation key for the start of the interval or none if the interval is a single point.
  • βₚ = the parenthetic in-text citation rendered according to the Chicago Manual of Style, with optional sublocation.
Supported Metadata Keys
KeyMeaningFormattingMinification
column, col, ccolumncolc
line, ln, llinelnl
section, sec, sect, ssectionsects
page, pag, p, pgpagepagp
entry, nentryentryn
plate, pltplateplateplt

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
@author_work_2026@
author_work_2026;

Bibliography

author_work_2026
@someone_book_1998=pag:30-33@
someone_book_1998, pag 30;

Bibliography

someone_book_1998
@first_scholar_book_1861=plate:6;second_scholar_book_1969=line:10-15@
first_scholar_book_1861, plate 6; second_scholar_book_1969, ln 10;

Bibliography

first_scholar_book_1861
second_scholar_book_1969

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
@author_work_2026@
 
<ab>
    <bibl>
        <ptr target="#author_work_2026"/>
    </bibl>
</ab>
@someone_book_1998=pag:30-33@
 
<ab>
    <bibl>
        <ptr target="#someone_book_1998"/>
        <citedRange unit="page" from="30" to="33">
        </citedRange>
    </bibl>
</ab>
@first_scholar_book_1861=plate:6;second_scholar_book_1969=line:10-15@
 
<ab>
    <bibl>
        <ptr target="#first_scholar_book_1861"/>
        <citedRange unit="plate" from="6">
        </citedRange>
    </bibl>
    <bibl>
        <ptr target="#second_scholar_book_1969"/>
        <citedRange unit="line" from="10" to="15">
        </citedRange>
    </bibl>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
 
@author_work_2026@
 
Cite
  → author_work_2026

@someone_book_1998=pag:30-33@
 
Cite
  → someone_book_1998 (pag 30)

@first_scholar_book_1861=plate:6;second_scholar_book_1969=line:10-15@
 
Cite
  → first_scholar_book_1861 (plate 6)
  → second_scholar_book_1969 (ln 10)