Questions about Aristotle author datatype

Lew Worthington

I confess a pretty high level of newbiness on this, but I'm playing with doing searches on author datatypes. Specifically, I'm confused about the difference between Aristoteles and Aristoteles_bcs (which I think refers to Aristotle, book, chapter, section).

I know I can search <Aristoteles_bcs Poet. 3> and get a few hits in my library. Trying <Aristoteles Poet. 3> gets me 1 hit, but it doesn't relate specifically to the 3rd chapter.

On the other hand, if I simply search <Aristoteles Poet.> I get 623 hits, whereas <Aristoteles_bcs Poet.> only gives me 69.

From this, I think I get a sense of the differences, but I want to make sure. Hence, these questions:

1. (a) What is the precise difference between these two datatypes?

(b) Is there a syntax difference in dealing with these two?

(c) And how can I leverage the benefits of each type? That is, when do I use one versus the other?

2. When I let Logos construct the syntax for me through right-clicking a reference to Poet 4, it makes this

<Aristoteles_bcs = Aristotle, Poet. 4>

but I can get the same results this way

<Aristoteles_bcs Poet. 4>

Is there a difference between these two?

3. Why don't other author datatypes have this distinction?

Thank you in advance,

Lew

Dave Hooton

2. When I let Logos construct the syntax for me through right-clicking a reference to Poet 4, it makes this

<Aristoteles_bcs = Aristotle, Poet. 4>

but I can get the same results this way

<Aristoteles_bcs Poet. 4>

Is there a difference between these two?

It's an alternative, more complete expression. For instance, these are equivalent

<GreekStrongs = Strongs Greek, #3499>

<GreekStrongs = Strongs Greek, 3499>

<GreekStrongs = G3499>

<GreekStrongs = #3499>

<GreekStrongs = 3499>

<G3499>

It depends what the software deems to be sufficient

Note the = could be omitted, but see this article for the implications.

3. Why don't other author datatypes have this distinction?

I'm not aware of different datatypes for the one author, but these are equivalent:-

<JustinMartyr = Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 8>

<JustinMartyr = Dialogue with Trypho 8>

<JustinMartyr  = Dial. 8>

However, a search for <JustinMartyr Dial. 8> or <JustinMartyr ~Dial. 8> will produce results like "Dialogue with Trypho 1-9", because 8 is within the range 1-9 ---> there are 142 Dialogues, numbered 1 to 142.