Multiple authors: what to use for document-id?

[Alex-Jordan]

What is the convention for when there are two (or more) authors on a project, collaborating form different institutions, and they insist that no one is the "primary" author? Like beezerfarmer-PTXDOC? Concatenate names in alphabetical order?

This is a real situation for a project I was about to add to the catalog.

[rbeezer]

Sure. But use a dash between names. Will you flip a coin to see who is first? (You'll see a lot of variety in how people approach this. Just needs to be unique...)

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On 3/1/21 11:09 AM, Alex Jordan wrote: What is the convention for when there are two (or more) authors on a project, collaborating form different institutions, and they insist that no one is the "primary" author? Like |beezerfarmer-PTXDOC|? Concatenate names in alphabetical order? This is a real situation for a project I was about to add to the catalog. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#59>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOLM4QQVMIA2AUNNRMOLDDTBPQ5PANCNFSM4YNDSSEQ>.

[Alex-Jordan]

I think alphabetical is good for order. Unfair to the Zinzers of the world, but easy and "neutral" to implement.

Are we sure about the dash? A dash separates name and project here, so if dashes can also separate names, and we ever want to do automatic parsing, it will be a complication to remember and implement.

Separate with an &? (Kidding!)

[rbeezer]

On 3/1/21 11:54 AM, Alex Jordan wrote: Are we sure about the dash? A dash separates name and project here, so if dashes can also separate names, and we ever want to do automatic parsing, it will be a complication to remember and implement.

Look in the master XML file. Too late for any automatic parsing. Only goal is to get the list out there - not up to usual standards.

Separate with an |&|? (Kidding!)

Hah!