http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceClarifyAuthorContributor
== Abstract ==
Allow multiple authors. Clarify relationship between atom:author and
atom:contributor.
== Status ==
Open
== Rationale ==
The current draft only allows one atom:author per entry, meaning either:
- All authors of a document have to be shoehorned into that
atom:author element
- One author has to be chosen as primary and the rest are "contributors"
Secondly, no explicit relationship is given between author and
contributor atom:contributor. The most intuitive approach, and that
outlined in this pace, is that each person involved should only
appear in one role (as an author, or as a contributor). Also, for the
sake of making processing at the display end easier, each person
should only be mentioned once.
== Notes ==
Neither bylines nor inheritance are dealt with by this Pace.
== Proposal ==
In 4.1.1, replace:
o atom:feed elements MUST contain exactly one atom:author element,
UNLESS all of the atom:feed element's child atom:entry elements
contain an atom:author element.
with:
o atom:feed elements MUST contain one or more atom:author elements,
UNLESS all of the atom:feed element's child atom:entry elements
contain at least one atom:author element.
Remove:
o atom:feed elements MUST NOT contain more than one atom:author
element.
In 4.1.2, replace:
o atom:entry elements MUST contain exactly one atom:author element,
unless the atom:entry contains an atom:source element which
contains an atom:author element, or, in an Atom Feed Document,
the
atom:feed element contains an atom:author element itself.
With:
o atom:entry elements MUST contain one or more atom:author
elements,
unless the atom:entry contains an atom:source element which
contains an atom:author element, or, in an Atom Feed Document,
the
atom:feed element contains an atom:author element itself.
Remove:
o atom:entry elements MUST NOT contain more than one atom:author
element.
Add:
o Within the atom:author and atom:contributor elements an
atom:entry contains,
any single Person SHOULD NOT be mentioned more than once.
== Impacts ==
Listing several people in a single atom:author element and then
crediting them individually as atom:contributors is consciously
barred by this pace, in anticipation that a separate byline element
may be introduced if the functionality is required.
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