Case rules for the first word of a field

[mawyn]

In citations I believe it is safe to say that in general the next word following a period , i.e. “.”, should be capitalized. On the other hand the next word following a semicolon, i.e. “; should start with a lower case letter, unless it is, for example, a title.

Is it possible to implement this somehow in the format rules? Let’s say for example that u4 contains a phrase like “provenance unknown”.

Let’s say I have the following bibliography rule:
a. t. u4. d.
and the following citation rule:
a, t; u4, d.

A bibliography item should have "Provenance" capitalized:

Joe Blow. The Meaning of the Universe. Provenance unknown. 2019.

A citation, on the other hand, would have lower case "provenance":

Joe Blow, The Meaning of the Universe; provenance unknown, 2019.

I believe it wouldn’t be a problem if u4 were a title field because I could then set it to use Sentence Case, but u4 isn’t a title field. Is there maybe another title field that I could use instead of u4?

[Jon]

I haven't tesed it, but have you tried the Short Title field? I think it obeys the title case rules.

Jon
Sonny Software

[mawyn]

Thanks, Jon. I'll check it out.