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Re: Fw: E-mail in Author tag
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- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Fw: E-mail in Author tag
- From: Jorge Godoy <godoy at conectiva dot com dot br>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:21:48 -0200
- References: <200001260218.UAA19600@web.texascomputers.com> <200001261535.QAA31912@ezili.sis.pasteur.fr> <20000126162027.R5806@conectiva.com.br> <5192-Tue01Feb2000143251-0500-ndw@nwalsh.com>
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On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 05:32:51PM -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
> / Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com.br> was heard to say:
> | On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 04:35:46PM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> | >
> | > I use :
> | >
> | > <author>
> | > <firstname>Stéphane</firstname>
> | > <surname>Bortzmeyer</surname>
> | > <affiliation>
> | > <orgname>The Debian Project</orgname>
> | > <address><email>bortzmeyer@debian.org</email></address>
> | > </affiliation>
> | > </author>
> |
> | But, isn't this e-mail address the organization's address? There
> | should be the possibility to use the e-mail element right in the
> | author scope, not in the affiliation's scope.
>
> Well, I'm not sure I agree (though I feel your pain :-). The direct
> children of author are all parts of the author's name and an email
> address isn't really part of a name.
Why not considering these children author's information? If thinking
this way, it would also allow including <address> tags in there. It
would be _author's_ personal data. Anything related to his employees
would come in the <affiliation> tags.
> <digression>
> And if it is part of your name, that's because you've legally
> changed your name and made it your, um, probably surname.
I disagree.
It's specified in the document:
<author>
<firstname>Jorge</firstname>
<surname>Godoy</surname>
<address><email>godoy@conectiva.com.br</email></address>
</author>
or
<author>
<firstname>Jorge</firstname>
<surname>Godoy</surname>
<email>godoy@conectiva.com.br</email>
</author>
that godoy@conectiva.com.br is an e-mail address. The tags guarantee
that it's an e-mail and not a name. The second alternative is only to
forbid filling other address' data.
> OK, someone must have done this, can anyone cite a case? Or do
> governments not consider "@" a letter in any language and
> hence would refuse my attempt to legally become "ndw@nwalsh.com"?
> </digression>
I don't see why bothering with this.
Don't articles come with these data? Or do government allows e-mail
addresses in companies names? If it does allow that, why would it
forbid using e-mail in people name?
> I suppose one compromise would be:
>
> <author>
> <firstname>Norman</firstname>
> <surname>Walsh</surname>
> <affiliation role="self">
> <address><email>ndw@nwalsh.com</email></address>
> </affiliation>
> <affiliation role="employer">
> <orgname>Arbortext, Inc.</orgname>
> <address><email>nwalsh@arbortext.com</email></address>
> </affiliation>
> </author>
>
> But it would be nice if this was easier?
Sure it would be nicer! The easier to use the more the users will use
it.
> Anyone got a suggestion?
The two I've put above only.
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