Citation guides

Citation guide for MLIT Project PLATEAU publications

Cite MLIT Project PLATAEU publications

Introduction

PLATEAU by MLIT is a project of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation of Japan.

The project aims to develop a platform for the creation and sharing of digital geospatial information. The project is a collaboration between industry, academia, and government.

Relaton components

Prefix

The prefix for Plateau publications is PLATEAU.

Document types

General

Citing a document without an edition number indicates it is an undated citation. In an undated citation, all known editions are provided in the bibliographic item under relations.

Handbook

Project PLATEAU Handbooks are available at:

The pattern to cite in Relaton is:

PLATEAU Handbook #{number} {#{edition}}

Where,

number

handbook number.

edition

(optional) edition number.

Example 1. Citing the PLATEAU Handbook #01 (undated)
PLATEAU Handbook #01
Example 2. Citing the PLATEAU Handbook #01 edition 4
PLATEAU Handbook #01 4.0

Some editions are meant for a particular audience.

For example, Handbook #11 has these editions:

  • 1.0（民間活用編）

  • 1.0（公共活用編）

In such cases, the edition number includes the audience type.

PLATEAU Handbook #11 1.0（公共活用編）
PLATEAU Handbook #11 1.0（民間活用編）

Handbook annexes

The citation method is identical to that of Handbooks.

The only difference is that their number appears in a pattern like {handbook-number}-{annex-number}.

Example 3. Citing the PLATEAU Handbook #03 Annex 1 (undated)
PLATEAU Handbook #03-1
Example 4. Citing the PLATEAU Handbook #03 Annex 1 edition 2
PLATEAU Handbook #03-1 2.0

Technical Report

Project PLATEAU Technical Reports are available at:

The pattern to cite in Relaton is:

PLATEAU Technical Report #{number} {#{edition}}

Where,

number

Technical Report number

edition

(optional) edition number.

Note
 All Technical Reports so far are all of edition 1.0.
Example 5. Citing the PLATEAU Technical Report #56 (undated)
PLATEAU Technical Report #56
Example 6. Citing the PLATEAU Handbook #56 edition 1
PLATEAU Technical Report #56 1.0