Author: virtueller_andy
Description:
Currently, it is quite cumbersome to use references. A reference has to be entered as follows:
:This is a sentence.<nowiki><ref>Miller (2005): Is Wikipedia an encylopedia? Berlin, New York. p. 5. ISBN 1234567890</ref></nowiki>
Why so cumbersome, if it could be much easier? If I enter the ISBN number in any event, why not using only the ISBN as follows:
:This is a sentence.<nowiki><ref isbn="1234567890" p="5" /></nowiki>
or better (because XML)
:<nowiki><ref isbn="1234567890" p="5">This is a sentence.</ref></nowiki>
This would lead to the same reference, but the source code is slim and only the system would have to look up the author, title ... of the book.
The same would work with papers from journals using DOI:
:<nowiki><ref doi="1234567890" p="5">This is a sentence.</ref></nowiki>
instead of:
:This is a sentence.<nowiki><ref>Miller, Smith, Black (2009): The evolution of Wikipedia. In: International Journal of Wikipedia Research. Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 5. doi=1234567890</ref></nowiki>
Also web sources would work:
:<nowiki><ref href="http://www....com/abc.pdf">This is a sentence.</ref></nowiki>
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement