J. WILLIAMS, Ph.D. | BIO | EMAIL | UPDATED date
Each example element is accompanied by a citation whose mouseover note provides context. The examples are organized according to the following order: Titles, Internet sources, authors and other contributors, publishers, and dates.
The title element consists of a title, an optional alternative title, optional version-edition information, and optional content clarifications. Consider the following title elements shown in the transformed reader view:
Yo! Yes?
Multiple
Editions[yo-yes]
Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth)[macbeth]
Badlands \[review of the film Badlands by Terrence Malick][badlands]
The first example links to a list of 26 editions listed by Good Reads. The second includes an alternative title. The third clarifies the title of a review by mentioning the film reviewed.
The Citations Online architecture allows some references to be subsidiary to others. For clarity, the mouseover note for a subsidiary reference includes the title of the corresponding root reference. Consider the following subsidiary titles and notes shown in the reader view:
Cherry Tree[George, cherry]
9.4 Four Elements of a
Reference[APA, elements]
"'What's to-day, my fine fellow?' said
Scrooge ..."[dickens, Christmas]
The link element gives one or more hyperlinks to representations of the referenced content. The hyperlinks are of two kinds — presentations and portrayals. Some examples:
Cherry Tree Myth. Article, explanation, history[George].
The above example has a link to a presentation of the named article as well as a couple of portrayal links..
Yo! Yes? Multiple Editions. Boardbook, multiple formats and venders, review.[yo-yes]
There is no online presentation of Yo! Yes? The links Boardbook, multiple formats and venders, review.are all portrayal links.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. EBook, vendor, book review, synopsis.[jim].
Although this eBook is available online, it is not directly available because no available URL allows a reference to link to the eBook. All of the links in this reference are portrayal links.
The contributor element is a list of authors and other contributors. Roles, biographies, and other credibility-relevant data accompany contributors. Three examples:
Matthew Childers (author,
illustrator, writer, bio)[Childers]
— an
author with multiple roles
and a biography
American Psychological Association (about)[APA]
— a
corporate author
with an about page
Kate Light, MBA (bio)
[season]
—author with a pedigree and a biography
Publishing activities are performed by publishing houses and their imprints as well as newspapers, magazines, journals, and websites. Some examples:
Globe Theatre[macbeth]
— a publisher of
live performances
Self-published[APA]
— an author as the
publisher
Facebook[monkey]
— a posting platform
The date element shows how and when content was created or placed online. Some examples:
Posted 2014 August 10[monkey]
— a social media post
Published 1911, posted 2019 December 23[dickens]
— an online book with a pre-Internet publication date
Updated 2021 September 28[lung-cancer]
— an updated Wikipedia article
The date format is chosen by the content creator.
The Citations Online architecture is described in Tomorrow's Citations : Preliminary Guide for Content Creators. The research behind this architecture is presented in the article Tomorrow's Citations : Architecture Development.
George, cherry. Cherry Tree. Image, explanation, history. John C\. McRae. Self-published. 1867.
icon icons/cherryTree.png. George. Cherry Tree Myth. Article. Jay Richardson, Charles Greco. mountvernon.org. updated, 2023 Octber 4..
badlands. Badlands [review of the film Badlands by Terrence Malick]. Article. Peter Bradshaw (@PeterBradshaw1). The Guardian. Published 2008 August 28.
macbeth. Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth). Play script. William Shakespeare, Kenneth Muir (editor). Globe Theatre, London; Arden Shakespeare. Performed 1606, second Arden series published 1997 January 31.
jim. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Kindle eBook, vendor, book review, synopsis. John Berendt (bio). Random House. 1994 January 13.
lung-cancer. Classification [of lung cancers]. Article section. WikiProject Medicine (supervising project). Wikipedia. Updated 2021 September 28.
Childers. Different Roles in Comic Books. Resource. Matthew Childers (author, illustrator, writer; bio). matthewchilders.com. Updated 2020 November 4.
monkey. "I am who I am". Meme. Post Planner. Facebook. Posted 2014 August 10.
icon icons/dickens.png. dickens. A Christmas Carol. Online book. Charles Dickens (bio), Arthur C Michael (illustrator). Hodder and Stoughton, Library of Congress. Published 1911, posted 2019 December 23.
dickens, Christmas. "'What's to-day, my fine fellow?' said Scrooge ...". Page 110. ~. ~. ~.
yo-yes. Yo\! Yes\? Multiple Editions. Boardbook, hardcover; review. Chris Raschka (author, illustrator; bio). Multiple publishers. Published 1993 March 1 through 2020 April 21.
APA. APA Style Guide (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition). eBook vendors. American Psychological Association. Self-published. Published 2019 October 1, copyright 2020.
icon icons/globeIcon.png. season. After the Season [in The Poem Tree anthology]. Poem. Kate Light, MBA (bio). poemtree.com. Copyright 1997.
APA, elements. 9.4 Four Elements of a Reference. Page 283; APA article. ~. ~. ~.