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In response to questions about the proper style for citations that a
number of TWU faculty have asked, I have produced a research paper on the
topic that summarizes the attempts of others and gives some guidelines of
my own.  Deane Downey has seen (and corrected) a previous draft, but the
paper IS still a draft, and this is a request for comments.

I am posting this on some internet newsgroups that might find it
interesting or on which I regularly participate.

Here is an abstract:
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Introduction

Information available on the Internet is characterized by being both
interactive and transient. Authors
who publish in this medium often do so because they can obtain an
immediate and responsive
audience. They expect quick feedback from their readers and often modify
the materials accordingly.
When these considerations are taken together with the very suitability of
the Internet as a medium for
publishing information that changes rapidly, one is brought face to face
with a critical aspect of fourth
civilization publishing�it is dynamic rather than static. As a result,
there are a number of elements to
bibliographic citations of material originating on the Internet that are
different from those used in
citing paper references. The purpose of this paper is to detail in a
summary form what have become
the normal means of referring to such elements and to suggest definitive
ways in which each may be
incorporated into the bibliographic apparatus.

For instance, the citation for this document is:

Sutcliffe, Richard J. <Mailto:rsutc@twu.ca> "Citing The Net" 1996 10 03
<http://www3.twu.ca/rsutc/cite/CitatationsOfInternet> (1996 10 04)

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If you have net-enabled mail you should be able to click on that second
URL and your browser will show you the document.

If you have a  browser you should be able to copy the URL into the GO
line, press return, and then see the document.

However, formatting on browsers is not the best, so I will make paper
copies available for anyone at TWU who wants one.  Just reply to this
message.

If you are not at TWU and want a paper copy, mail me and I will send you a
postscript file you can print.

Rick

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Rick Sutcliffe    Assoc. Prof. Computing/Math   Trinity Western University
comp.lang.modula-2 FAQ maintainer & WG13(Can) chair. Not speaking for TWU/WG13