Using custom YAML metadata in partials

[pjotrhey]

Description

Hi all,

I cannot find how I can use custom YAML metadata with partials. Below is a very minimal example. It does output the affiliation name (with is a standard Quarto YAML field) but not the fullname (which is not a standard name).

This is my index.qmd

---
title: "Min Example"
affiliations:
  - id: hms
    name: YAML Name
    fullname: YAML Fullname
format: 
  pdf: 
    template-partials:
      - "before-body.tex"
editor: source
---

And then this my before-body.tex:

$for(by-affiliation)$%
The affiliation name is: $it.name$
The fullname is: $it.fullname$
$endfor$

Thanks in advance!

[mcanouil]

Authors and affiliations follow a specific schema, you cannot add whatever you want in it.

https://quarto.org/docs/journals/authors.html

[pjotrhey]

Thanks for your answer, but is there no workaround here? From that page it is not clear for me whether there may be a workaround (or not).

[mcanouil]

What do you mean by workaround?
You want to work around the standardised schema? (If so, then define your own my-affiliations instead of affiliations and write all logics in your template/partials, but I would not recommend this if you intend to share with other Quarto users because you'll likely confuse them with your schema)

name is supposed to be the display name usually the full name.

[pjotrhey]

A workaround to make the proposed YAML and intended use to work. This to make it work for a preprint for a scientific article where the reference name is: Department, Faculty, University, City, Country, Research Institute. As Faculty and Research Institute are not part of the standardised affiliation schema I cannot make this work. So I was thinking about adding a custom key to affiliations which I then can include in my partials.
Defining my own key (like my-affiliations) will not make it work anymore with attaching the affiliation(s) to the authors:

author: 
    affiliations: 
      - ref: hms

[mcanouil]

You cannot modify the current schema.
Your only way (as far as I know) is to use another YAML key and as I said implement all the logics in your partials (possibly with the help of a LUA filter).

[pjotrhey]

Thanks, thats what I was afraid of. Atm, I don't understand LUA filters (yet). ;)

[mcanouil]

Oh, an ugly workaround could be to use another key from the affiliation schema if you don't use them all.
Since you are using one format and partials/templates, you should not face side effects.
For example, you could use url as your fullname key.

https://quarto.org/docs/journals/authors.html#affiliations-schema