Vladimir Sitnikov created XALANJ-2672:
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             Summary: Suggestion: avoid adding @author tag to javadoc, or 
document its use
                 Key: XALANJ-2672
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANJ-2672
             Project: XalanJ2
          Issue Type: Improvement
      Security Level: No security risk; visible to anyone (Ordinary problems in 
Xalan projects.  Anybody can view the issue.)
            Reporter: Vladimir Sitnikov
            Assignee: Gary D. Gregory


{{@author}} tags are problematic since:
* They can become stale, and it is hard to tell when they should be removed
* It is hard to tell when a new author tag should be added

See other samples in
https://stackoverflow.com/a/17271433, 
https://github.com/junit-team/junit5/issues/914#issuecomment-328078934

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It is unclear if every contributor should add {{@author}} tag or not.
It is unclear if {{@author}} tag should be removed in case the file is 
significantly modified.






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