Here are some bugs I came across after implementing the bibl.y module 7.x-1.0-alpha3
"pp. 253-254" in a bibliography was interpreted as a reference to Philippians 4. As you may already know, "pp." is a common abbreviation for "pages" in a reference.
"is 376" in "it is 376 pages in length" was interpreted as 1 Samuel 31.
The reference "Isa. 53:12" (meant as Isaiah 53:12) was interpreted as 1 Samuel 3:12. Perhaps "Is." is the more standard abbreviation for Isaiah, but "Isa." is still used a lot, and is the standard abbreviation in Strong's Concordance.
Judg. 9:8-15 was missed as a reference, but it could be a non-standard abbreviation for the book of Judges.
A bibliographic reference for a Bible commentary that included "...Colossians. 1973, 1980 reprint," was interpreted as Colossians 4 and Colossians 4:18 respectively.
Would it be possible to make a list of all the recognized abbreviations in bibl.y for all the books of the Bible and post it in the documentation? I suggest that bibl.y recognize the abbreviations in Strong's Concordance at a minimum. But there are still some common abbreviations beyond Strong's. For example, Matthew in Strong's is abbreviated "M't," but other common abbreviations include "Mt" "Mat" and "Matt" (with and without a period).
Comments
Comment #1
mfer commentedI've passed this issue on to John (who is developing the bib.ly service). Thanks for reporting these issues.
Comment #2
johndyer commentedThanks for pointing these out. I'll update the script tomorrow and then post a test document.
Comment #3
johndyer commentedThe cases you brought up (plus a few more) should now all be fixed.
I've also put together a test document at: http://code.bib.ly/abbreviations.html which will let you see all the possible combinations bib.ly will recognize.
If you see any others, please let me know.
Comment #4
mfer commentedThanks for fixing these John.