Hoi,
When an item is a member of a list, the item is likely to be written
differently dependent on the language and script. When there is a
"free-text" referral, it loses its flexibility ... eg 靈高史達 is a member of
the Beatles <grin> obviously </grin>
Thanks,
      Gerard


On 12 August 2013 11:44, Andrew Gray <andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

> Cases like this - where the pseudonym is a (collective) entity in itself -
> would seem to be a good case for "member of" relationships - Henri Cartan
> [is a member of] Nicholas Bourbaki as John Lennon [is a member of] the
> Beatles.
>
> A free-text pseudonym for each of the Bourbaki authors would mean there's
> no easy way to connect them to that other element in future.
>
> Andrew.
>
>
> On Monday, 12 August 2013, Tom Morris wrote:
>
>>
>> Is it intentional to restrict the definition to personal pseudonyms?
>>  That doesn't cover all uses of them  For example, there are house
>> pseudonyms used by publishing houses which are associated with a series and
>> the publishing house contracts with writers to write effectively
>> anonymously (although it's often known who they are).
>>
>> Another example of a relatively well known collective pseudonym is
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki  There's a whole category
>> of them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Collective_pseudonyms
>>
>> Tom
>>
>
>
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