When creating the PR #115 I startet to wonder if it makes sense to automatically add "online" when printing an entry which has got an urldate field. Would it not make more sense to let the user decide if he watns that to be printed or not?
For example, the example that I added from the latest version of the norm is not printed with "online" in the text of the norm, but with the current state of this package there is now way to suppress and reproduce that.
I also wondered if howpublished is the correct field at all. Why not always use type, even in case the value is "online"?
According to the latest biblatex manual howpublished is supposed to be used for
howpublished field (literal)
A publication notice for unusual publications which do not fit into any of the common categories.
Altough I would not say that online publication are unsual publication, the type field on the other hand is supposed to be used for
type field (key)
The type of a manual, patent, report, or thesis. This field may also be useful for the custom types listed in § 2.1.3.
where under § 2.1.3 the custom types listed are artwork, audio, bibnote, commentary, image, jurisdiction, legislation, legal, letter, movie, movie, music, performance, review, standard, video, which is not really satisfying either.
🤔 What do you think?
When creating the PR #115 I startet to wonder if it makes sense to automatically add "online" when printing an entry which has got an
urldatefield. Would it not make more sense to let the user decide if he watns that to be printed or not?For example, the example that I added from the latest version of the norm is not printed with "online" in the text of the norm, but with the current state of this package there is now way to suppress and reproduce that.
I also wondered if
howpublishedis the correct field at all. Why not always usetype, even in case the value is "online"?According to the latest biblatex manual
howpublishedis supposed to be used forAltough I would not say that online publication are unsual publication, the
typefield on the other hand is supposed to be used forwhere under § 2.1.3 the custom types listed are
artwork, audio, bibnote, commentary, image, jurisdiction, legislation, legal, letter, movie, movie, music, performance, review, standard, video, which is not really satisfying either.🤔 What do you think?