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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.11 Hardware and Software

Replace the URL or the file name

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

Where a repository citation names a file before the address, the address resolves to that same file, so the reader lands on the code being quoted.1

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  1. 1R. 18.11.2(b) Open source software.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousRemove the repeated developer nameNextUse small caps for the developer

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  1. Abbreviate the developer’s name
  2. Add the date-and-time parenthetical
  3. Add the network to the parenthetical
  4. Add the owner or the software’s name
  5. Add the platform it is emulated on
  6. Add the time to the date parenthetical
  7. Add the version label
  8. Add the version number
  9. Replace the URL or the file name

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More in 18.11 Hardware and Software

  1. Abbreviate the developer’s name
  2. Add the date-and-time parenthetical
  3. Add the network to the parenthetical
  4. Add the owner or the software’s name
  5. Add the platform it is emulated on
  6. Add the time to the date parenthetical
  7. Add the version label
  8. Add the version number
  9. Replace the URL or the file name

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