Finding the right datatype name and reference

 

*First, you obviously need to locate the right place in /Wars/.* If you already know the name of the datatype, then finding the name of the reference is easy because it is displayed in the reference box at the top of the resource (in this case it's *Wars of the Jews 4.551* or *Wars IV, ix 9*). Most books (including Josephus) support multiple datatypes, and clicking on the reference box will allow you to switch between the different datatypes. Make sure you choose the correct reference for the da (…)

 

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*If you don't already know the name of the data type, or you don't know which reference matches your preferred datatype then we need to do a bit more digging.* Click on the resource menu (the book cover with the drop-down arrow), and copy the current location to the clipboard. You can use any format except HTML, but for consistency with resource links it's best to use the Wiki format.

 

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*Now, paste the resulting link into your Personal Book.* It will look like this: *{{~ [[Wars of the Jews 4.551 >> logosres:josephus;ref=JosephusLoeb.Wars_4.551]] }}*.

 

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That's *not* a datatype link, that's a [[resource link >> Personal Books # Resource links]]. But we can convert it into a datatype link (or a milestone), by extracting the bit after *ref=* and before the semicolon or two sqaure brackets, and deleting everything else. In this case, we're left with *JosephusLoeb.Wars_4.551*. Now, replace any underscores after the period with a space (so *Wars_4.551* becomes *Wars 4.551*). The bit before the first period is the datatype name (in this case *Josephus (…)

 

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*First, find the datatype link that you want to replicate in your PB*. (Although you can search for these links using Logos' search facility, you can only use the search if you know the right syntax, and at the moment you don't!)

 

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Then right click on the link, choose the datatype you're interested in from the right-hand side of the right click menu (in this example, it's *The Law of Hammurabi*) and then choose *Search this resource* from the left-hand side of the menu.

Then right click on the link, choose the datatype you're interested in from the /shaded/ side of the right click menu (in this example, it's *The Law of Hammurabi*) and then choose *Search this resource* from the other side of the menu.

 

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That will open a search window, and the syntax of the search will tell you all you need to know. In this example, the search syntax is *<HammurabiLaws = Hammurabi 1>*. We're interested in what's inside the angle brackets. The datatype is to the left of the equals sign (HammurabiLaws). The reference is to the right of the equals sign (Hammurabi 1).

 

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