Quoting Geraint North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I thought this, and then I thought "Why would I ever want to do such a thing?". I read a fair few research papers, and I don't think I've ever thought "I wonder who is referenced in this document whose name begins with 'M'?" Sorting does make search easier if you've got the paper printed out and so have to search manually yourself, but in that case, an effective sort should be driven by the expectations of the reader, rather than the preferences of the cited individual - if the readers of the paper are predominantly western, then the arrangement should reflect their expectations, however incorrect they might be.
I was rather thinking about the "classic" case of having to find a reference in the back of an article which is cited using an author/year style. In practice, I still read about half of all articles on paper (to scribble notes on or, well, to take it to the loo...). In an electronic version it is obviously easier to just follow a link.
All this means that you have to provide the publisher with a regular display form of your name and a sorting-optimized form? Or do you expect the publishers to figure out how to display your name in a sorted-by-author listing? In the latter case you wouldn't get around the first/last/whatever name markup to help the publisher get it right for their audience.
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