BibTeX entries for standards (ISO, ANSI etc.)
David Stone
Are there any widely accepted conventions for BibTeX entries for
ISO/ANSI/ITU/IEEE/... standards? These documents don't really fit
into any of the "standard" BibTeX forms, so far as I can see. I'm not
even sure which entry type is best: Techreport, Book, Manual, Misc?
I'd prefer to settle on a form as close as possible to "standard"
BibTeX; though I can hack a .bst file if I have to, I'm not an expert
at it, and besides it makes it harder to share BibTeX entries.
I have checked the Chicago Manual of Style, and it doesn't seem to
mention the general typographical rules for citing standards, either.
A web search doesn't come up with anything easily.
I have found one bibliography of standards in CTAN, at
http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/standard.html. Here is an
example from there:
@Book{IEEE:POSIX.1-90,
key = "POSIX.1-90",
title = "System Application Program Interface ({API}) [C
Language]",
publisher = pub-IEEE,
address = pub-IEEE:adr,
year = "1990",
series = "Information technology---Portable Operating System
Interface ({POSIX})",
ISBN = "1-55937-061-0",
LCCN = "90-084554",
ISO-standard-number = "ISO/IEC 9945-1: 1990",
IEEE-standard-number = "IEEE Std 1003.1-1990",
acknowledgement = ack-kb,
}
This relies on non-"standard" fields being supported in the
bibliography style (ISO-standard-number, IEEE-standard-number, as well
as the more widely useful ISBN, LCCN).
An example from one of my own bibliographies, showing how I currently
cope with the issue:
@techreport{iec:61508,
author = "{IEC} {SC}~{65A}",
title = "Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable
electronic safety-related systems",
number = "IEC 61508",
institution = "The International Electrotechnical Commission",
year = 1998,
address = "3, rue de Varemb{\'{e}}, Case postale 131,
CH-1211 Gen{\`{e}}ve 20, Switzerland",
annote = "In several parts: 1: General requirements, 3: Software
requirements, 4: Definitions and abbreviations, 5: Examples of
methods for the determination of safety integrity levels; others to
appear."
}
Thanks for any hints,
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David Stone <david...@cambridge.simoco.com>
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