Re: Different authorconversion for citation alternatives and bibliographic entries

[<denis.maier@unibe.ch>]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Alan Braslau <braslau.list@comcast.net>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2021 21:11
> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>; Maier, Denis Christian
> (UB) <denis.maier@unibe.ch>
> Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Different authorconversion for citation alternatives
> and bibliographic entries
> 
> On 30/06/21 12:59, denis.maier@unibe.ch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: ntg-context<ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl>  Im Auftrag von Ágoston
> >> Volcz
> >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2021 10:20 An:ntg-context@ntg.nl
> >> Betreff: [NTG-context] Different authorconversion for citation
> >> alternatives and bibliographic entries
> >>
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> My university has special requirements for the theses I submit.
> >> Layout, fonts etc. are pretty straightforward to set up in ConTeXt.
> >> The one part I'm struggling with is citations / bibliography.
> >> I have to use the german citation style with footnotes. Essentially
> >> the first time I cite something, I have to put the full entry in a
> >> footnote. From the second time on, I only have to put a shorter entry in the
> footnotes.
> > Is this first citation vs other citations thing currently possible with ConTeXt? I
> was thinking that there was no proper support for note style citations in
> ConTeXt? Has that changed? I remember reading the phrase "We may add
> additional citation styles if there demand and clear requirements exist." So
> what's the current state of affairs here?
> >
> > Denis
> 
> Indeed (one can always use \footnote{} but that might not be a good substitute
> for a proper footnote citation style.
> 
> I do not use footnote citations as a general style (and personally dislike it,
> finding them somewhat distracting and sloppy). Yet these are popular in many
> fields and there is no reason not to support it.

So what would be needed to make add real support for it?
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