[NTG-context] how to get reference label from stacked itemize

Did you try \item[myref] and \in[myref]?

This will do the job indeed. \starttext \startitemize[n] \item One \item[refTwo] Two \startitemize[a] \item A \item[refB] B Test \stopitemize \stopitemize see (\in[refTwo].\in[refB]) for Test Is there some construction to combine an item reference with its parent item? \startitemize[n] \item One \item Two \startitemize[a] \item A \item[refB] B Test \stopitemize see (\in[parent, refB].\in[refB]) for Test