Re: Difference between quotation and citation

In reply to Difference between quotation and citation from Karl Dubost on 2004-08-23 (www-html@... from August 2004)

The Oxford Paperback Dictionary says:

citation = citing; a passage cited

(Source: The Oxford Paperback Dictionary, 4^th ed.  Oxford Univ. Press, 1994)

Note that, according to the dictionary, a citation is a passage, not a description where the passage can be found!

And it does not mention citation=reference at all!

Therefore, the explanation of 9.2. The cite element is extremely misleading.  It wants to say that a citation is a reference by definition—but the perceived meaning is that the cite element may contain either a quotation or a reference.

Please fix.

Chris