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Entering a bibliographic entry

Most standard documents contain two sections with bibliographic references, namely the "normative references" and the "bibliography" (informative references).

Every bibliographic section must be preceded by the style attribute [bibliography] so that bibliographic references are recognized as such.

To enter a reference entry:

  1. Start a new unordered list (*) item.
  2. Enter triple square brackets ([[[]]]) which contain:
  • The anchor name used to reference this entry
  • A document identifier
Syntax for a bibliographic entryadoc
* [[[anchor,document identifier or reference tag]]], _reference list text_
  1. After the triple brackets, you may include the reference text in italics, for example the title of the document.

Referencing a bibliographic entry

To cite an entry from your bibliography:app-name:

  1. Enter the anchor name like this: \<<ISO20483>>.
  2. To specify a location within the cited document, you can add localities in the brackets like so: \<<ISO20483, part=IV,chapter=3,paragraph=12>>.

Bibliography example

The following code sample illustrates how a bibliography section looks like in AsciiDoc Metanorma.

Example for a bibliography sectionadoc
[bibliography]
== Normative references
* [[[ISO20483,ISO 20483:2013]]], _Cereals and cereal products -- Determination of moisture content -- Reference method_
* [[[ISO6540,ISO 6540:1980]]]. _Maize -- Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole grains)_

Gets rendered as:

  • ISO 20483:2013. Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — Reference method
  • ISO 6540:1980. Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole grains)