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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: Norman Walsh <ndw at nwalsh dot com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:32:51 -0500
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/ Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com.br> was heard to say:
| On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 04:35:46PM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
| > On Tuesday 25 January 2000, at 20 h 18, the keyboard of Eliot Landrum
| > <eliot@landrum.cx> wrote:
| >
| > > > What would the best way be for me to put the author's e-mail address in
| > > the
| > > > <author> tag?
| >
| > 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.
<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.
<digression>
Hmm, is that <author><surname>Madonna</surname></author>,
<author><firstname>Madonna</firstname></author>, or
<author><othername>Madonna</othername></author>? Or has she
not yet written her autobiography? :-)
</digression>
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 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?
Anyone got a suggestion?
Cheers,
norm
--
Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | Man's sensitivity to little things
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | and insensitivity to the greatest
Member, DocBook Editorial Board | are the signs of a strange
| disorder.--Pascal