Add references in the normative references & bibliography clauses

In this article

1 Reference to ISO/IEC/CENELEC standard

2 Reference to series or all parts of a series

3 Reference to other standards

4 Other references (books, journals, websites)

5 Modify references

6 Delete references

7 Review of broken references

8 Convert references

9 List occurrences of references


1 Reference to ISO/IEC/CENELEC standard

  • The clauses Normative references and Bibliography are added to every document automatically and are not editable.
  • The list of normative and bibliographic references are automatically populated when a reference is added in the document.
  • To reference an external document (ISO/IEC/CEN/CENELEC standard, other standard or book/journal reference) in the document:
    • Place the cursor in the appropriate place. Go to the REFERENCE tab, click on Link to reference and select either Normative reference or a Bibliographic reference.
    • Search and select an ISO/IEC/CEN/CENELEC standard by filtering and searching from the standards catalogue

      OR

    • Search and Select from existing reference (that has been referenced elsewhere in the document).

Please note

  • ISO, IEC, CEN and CENELEC standards can be added by searching and filtering in the standard catalogue. 
  • Standards from other sources or book/journal references have to be typed in manually.
  • You only have to add a reference once, you can then reuse it in other places of your document by choosing Select existing.
  • The clause: Normative references cannot be deleted.
  • For normative references, the standard reference text will be inserted in the text. 
  • For Bibliographic references the [number] of the reference will be added automatically. 

2 References to a series or all parts of a series

To add a reference to a series or all parts of a series, go to the REFERENCE tab, click on Link to reference and select Other and manually fill in the number and title fields:

It will appear in the text as follows:

In normative references section, it will appear as follows:


3 Reference to other standards

  • To add a reference to another standard, select the reference type Other standard. The reference will be added automatically to the Normative reference clause or Bibliography.


4 Other references (books, journals, websites)

  • For books, journals or websites, simply provide the title of the reference. The title will be automatically added to the Normative reference clause or the Bibliography.


5 Modify references

  • To modify a normative reference: go to the Normative references clause. 
  • To modify a bibliographic reference, go to the Bibliography clause.
  • References from the catalogue can be replaced via the Delete option, other items can be edited using the Edit option:

Example where Edit option is available within Bibliography.

Example where Edit option is not available.


6 Delete references

To delete a bibliographic reference, go to the Bibliography clause:

    • Select the Delete icon next to the reference
    • Select the Continue button in the pop-up message that appears
    • Select the clause or sub-clause where it is referred (one-by-one) and select the Delete button
    • Now click on the Delete reference button:

You can also delete a reference directly from the text by clicking on the reference, then clicking on Remove.


7 Review of broken references

To review if the document contains broken references, use the Referencing option in the quality check tool:



8 Converting a bibliographic reference to normative and vice versa

Selecting the reference in the text gives the option to convert:

A screenshot of a computer showing the convert button


9 List occurrences of references

  • It is possible to list the occurrences of citations in the text
  • Go to the Normative references or Bibliography reference list, then select the more actions menu, then List occurrences:

A pop-up window will appear showing the occurrences in the text.

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