Re: TEI bibl, style data

Ralf Stephan writes:
 > > (http://refdb.sourceforge.net/doc.html), see especially chapter
 > > 10. RefDB will not process any <bibl> elements in the text.
 > 
 > Then, RefDB is not what I need. Do you know of a tool that could
 > at least help with it?
 > 

You should probably define what you expect from such a tool before you
can expect reasonable answers. But if you do not intend to store your
references in a database and rather want to keep them in the text,
RefDB is certainly not the tool you're looking for.

 > > Instead of doing all this manually, I'd suggest to have a look at
 > > refdbnd. Run this script in the directory which contains
 > > file.tei. When the script asks for the basename, you can pass the full
 > > name of your file. If all goes well, refdbnd will use appropriate
 > > values to process this document correctly. You can then just type
 > > "make pdf" or "make html" to process your document.
 > 
 > Both 'make pdf' and 'make html' give me
 > 
 > make: *** No rule to make target `file.short.xml', needed by `file.xml'.  Stop.
 > 
 > I only was curious what it would say.

I read from your previous paragraph that you do not intend to explore
this any further. Getting your special case to work might involve some
extra effort but I'm sure it is doable. However, at the risk of
disappointing your expectations: RefDB is not a tool that you throw a
random file at and magically get back a formatted bibliography. It
requires your document to stick to some conventions (within the limits
of the DTD/schema), and it may require some effort to familiarize
yourself with the usage and the limitations of the tool. So, as usual,
no free lunch :-(

regards,
Markus

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