* Robert Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-23 10:35-0400] > On 5/23/05, Dan Brickley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would be good if Atom were clear on whether repetition of the > > exact same name implies the two authors are distinct (eg. things > > written by father/son pairings, where they have same name). > > Why would that be good?
So we can be clear on the conclusions that can be drawn from an Atom description of a document, eg. if creating an A-Z index of authors (where two distinct John Smith entries might be needed), or merging against other information about the author(s) (eg. their photo url, lists of interests, posts/comments in other systems, etc). Dan
