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Old 06-10-2010, 05:00 PM   #1
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citations in epub spec?
suppose you're writing a book and want make in-text citations, using a format similar to the numbered superscripts in many written books.
how do you go about citing materials in epub?
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Old 06-10-2010, 06:35 PM   #2
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This is the same thing as footnotes.

At present, the best way of doing this is with bi-directional links.

As an example:
Main text:
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<p>‘No, I won’t cast a stone,’<sup><a id="part01ch22ren33"/><a  href="notes.html#part01ch22en33">33</a></sup> she replied to something, [...]</p>
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<p class="noindent"><a id="part01ch22en33"/><strong><a href="part01chapter22.html#part01ch22ren33">33</a> cast a stone:</strong> ‘He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her’ (John 8:7).</p>
If your citations are set as footnotes in a Word doc, then Atlantis will automatically encode the necessary links when it makes the conversion to epub, one of the reasons I recommend it for those who don't want to sit up to 3am hand-coding epubs.
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Old 06-10-2010, 08:35 PM   #3
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Seems a bit overly complicated. Why not just use just one tag?

part01chapter22.html:
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<p>‘No, I won’t cast a stone,’<a  href="notes.html#part01ch22en33" id="part01ch22ren33" style="vertical-align: super;">33</a> she replied to something, [...]</p>
Notes.html:
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<p class="noindent"><a href="part01chapter22.html#part01ch22ren33" id="part01ch22en33" style="font-weight: bold;"/>33</a> cast a stone: ‘He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her’ (John 8:7).</p>
(Or better, define a CSS class rather than using an in-line style element...)
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Old 06-10-2010, 08:59 PM   #4
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Seems a bit overly complicated. Why not just use just one tag?

part01chapter22.html:
Code:
<p>‘No, I won’t cast a stone,’<a  href="notes.html#part01ch22en33" id="part01ch22ren33" style="vertical-align: super;">33</a> she replied to something, [...]</p>
Notes.html:
Code:
<p class="noindent"><a href="part01chapter22.html#part01ch22ren33" id="part01ch22en33" style="font-weight: bold;"/>33</a> cast a stone: ‘He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her’ (John 8:7).</p>
(Or better, define a CSS class rather than using an in-line style element...)
Well, yes that's more economical (though vertical-align:super fails for superscripts, as I discussed in another thread). But this is one area where I'm happy for automatic converters to introduce a bit more code than needed.
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Old 06-10-2010, 09:26 PM   #5
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vertical-align:super fails for superscripts, as I discussed in another thread
Which thread was that? I've had problems with vertical-align: super with Internet Explorer (--what does work with IE? anything?--) but I wouldn't think that would be a big issue for ePubs.
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Old 06-11-2010, 04:29 AM   #6
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You may want to add "font-size: 60%;" (or similar) to the style.
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Old 06-11-2010, 04:35 AM   #7
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Which thread was that? I've had problems with vertical-align: super with Internet Explorer (--what does work with IE? anything?--) but I wouldn't think that would be a big issue for ePubs.
Here it is. 'super' causes irregular line-heights, though this can be masked by making the line-height very small. This is true in both ADE and calibre's reader, but not in FBReader, which enforces its own line-height value and doesn't allow changes in the css.
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Old 06-12-2010, 07:14 PM   #8
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this is why I like fonts having real super and subs inside... (among other typographic goodies)
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Old 06-13-2010, 04:43 AM   #9
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You may want to try: vertical-align: text-top
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