diff --git a/src/processor.ts b/src/processor.ts
index 457d2d5..8cb5899 100644
--- a/src/processor.ts
+++ b/src/processor.ts
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ export class Processor {
   getProcReferences(): ProcReference[] {
     const citekeys = Object.keys(this.bibliography);
     // first check bib sort config, then fallback to global
-    const sortConfig = this.style.bibliography?.options?.sort ||
-      this.style.options?.sort || undefined;
-    const groupConfig = this.style.bibliography?.options?.group ||
+    const sortConfig = this.style.bibliography?.options?.processing?.sort ||
+      this.style.options?.processing?.sort || undefined;
+    const groupConfig = this.style.bibliography?.options?.processing?.group ||
       this.style.options?.group || undefined;
     const references = citekeys.map((citekey) => {
       const pref = new ProcReference(this.bibliography[citekey], {});
diff --git a/src/style/options.ts b/src/style/options.ts
index 4e047a3..07ec63b 100644
--- a/src/style/options.ts
+++ b/src/style/options.ts
@@ -32,21 +32,13 @@ export interface Options {
  */
 export interface OptionGroup {
   /**
-   * Sorting configuration.
-   */
-  sort?: SortConfig[];
-  /**
-   * Grouping configuration.
+   * Processing configuration.
    */
-  group?: GroupSortKeys[];
+  processing?: Processing | ProcessingPresets; // allow a string key for this also
   /**
    * Substitution configuration.
    */
   substitute?: Substitution;
-  /**
-   * Disambiguation configuration of rendererd group display names.
-   */
-  disambiguate?: Disambiguation;
   /**
    * Localization configuration.
    */
@@ -61,6 +53,38 @@ export interface OptionGroup {
   contributors?: ContributorListFormatting;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Preconfigured processing options.
+ */
+export type ProcessingPresets =
+  /// For author-date (Doe, 2019) citations; typically in-text, though can also be footnote-based.
+  | "author-date"
+  /// For numeric (1) citations, where the number is the order of first appearance in the document.
+  | "numeric-as-cited"
+  /// For numeric (1) citations, where the number based on author-date sorted of the reference list.
+  // Review: Is this actually a thing?
+  | "numeric-sorted"
+  /// TODO
+  | "note";
+
+/**
+ * Processing configures the often-related sorting, grouping and disambiguation operations.
+ */
+export interface Processing {
+  /**
+   * Sorting configuration.
+   */
+  sort?: SortConfig[];
+  /**
+   * Grouping configuration.
+   */
+  group?: GroupSortKeys[];
+  /**
+   * Disambiguation configuration of rendererd group display names.
+   */
+  disambiguate?: Disambiguation;
+}
+
 /**
  * Terms and data localization configuration.
  */
diff --git a/src/style/template.ts b/src/style/template.ts
index 12ee569..a219aaf 100644
--- a/src/style/template.ts
+++ b/src/style/template.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 
 import { LocalizedTermFormat, LocalizedTermName } from "./locale.ts";
 import { HasFormatting, Locators, Variables } from "../style/mod.ts";
-import { ContributorRoles, Dates, ReferenceTypes, SimpleTypes, Titles } from "../variables.ts";
+import {
+  ContributorRoles,
+  Dates,
+  ReferenceTypes,
+  SimpleTypes,
+  Titles,
+} from "../variables.ts";
 import { Options } from "./options.ts";
 
 export type DateFormat = "year" | "year-month" | "full" | "month-day";