It shouldn't be a problem so long as you string quote the author
field, like this:

"auth 1, auth 2", journal X, ...
"auth 3", journal Y, ...


The parser is smart enough to know that everything between quotes is one field.

Dan.

2009/7/2 Martien <martien.van.steenber...@gmail.com>:
>
> I have tried CSV import and it works. However, having multiple authors
> (for the same publication) separated by commas give confusing results
> since the number of fields may vary. That's why I researched XML-based
> import. But that's too cumbersome for someone like me with
> insufficient XML skills and tools.
>
> On Jun 30, 5:52 pm, Yaron Koren <yaro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The only real suggestion I have is to use CSV import instead of XML - it's
>> much simpler and has none of the formatting problems that you're
>> experiencing. Actually, at this point I don't know that the XML-import
>> feature has any real benefit...
>>
>> -Yaron
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Martien <martien.van.steenber...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Yaron,
>>
>> > Short question:
>>
>> > Is there an easy way to import serveral hundred BibTeX entries into an
>> > Publication/Author SMW?
>>
>> > I am exploring the XML import from Data Transfer, but rather than
>> > reinventing the wheel, I just wonder if someone has done this before.
>>
>> > I'm running into some language differences too. My SMW is in Dutch and
>> > so refers to "Pagina's" rather than "Pages". Not sure if the single
>> > quote (') is correct in XML.
>>
>> > It would be of much help if I have a samle XML file that include the
>> > fields as specified in:
>>
>> >http://aardnoot.nl/Sjabloon:Auteur
>> >http://aardnoot.nl/Sjabloon:Publikatie
>>
>> > Succes en plezier,
>>
>> > Martien.
> >
>

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