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).

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mfer’s picture

I've passed this issue on to John (who is developing the bib.ly service). Thanks for reporting these issues.

johndyer’s picture

Thanks for pointing these out. I'll update the script tomorrow and then post a test document.

johndyer’s picture

The 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.

mfer’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

Thanks for fixing these John.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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