R: Constructs a final citation of collector names.
coll.cite
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Constructs a final citation of collector names.
Description
Uses two of the BRAHMS fields (collector, addcoll). Expects names in both fields to conform to the
pattern: "Lastname, A" where A are the list of initials without dots; if no comma present the function
assummes all words to be part of the lastname like in: van de Bergh.
use 'none' or 'before' to indicate if initials should be used for the citation
dots
boolean; should dots be used to separate the initials?
Details
The 'collector' field must have only one name; the 'addcoll' field may have several names separated by ; or
it may be empty. Like in the case of 'collector' a missing comma indicates that all words till the next ;
are part of the last name.
Two collector names will be separated by '&'; more than two names will result in a citation with just
the (principal) collectors name followed by 'et al.'.
Value
a text
Note
The function does not yet handle any other special cases like including an 'obligatory' second
author as permitted in some specimen citations when the author of the treatment is also a secondary
collector.
In any case, using this function or editing the final citation manually, the final citation should
be in a column called 'collcite'.
Author(s)
Reinhard Simon
See Also
Other helper: is.exsic;
is.format; is.sortfilter;
strip.final.dot