On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Rintze Zelle <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Frank Bennett <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm not sure but I think running the full add/expand cycle on each name
>> > as it is added permits to have fewer names and thus a smaller impact on
>> > the "et-al" settings. For me it is also easier to code -- but I'm not
>> > sure, since I didn't try the other method.
>>
>> That sounds right to me.
>>
>> Rintze: If the discussion here is clear, would any change to spec be
>> needed to specify clearly the behavior Andrea has implemented, or did
>> I just misread (or mis-write) the docs?
>
> @Frank: we had a chat about this very topic on August 2nd, where we seemed
> to agree to add the minimum number of names.
> In my reading of the spec, this is what is required (**emphasis mine**):
> ---
> "all-names"
> Name expansion has the dual purpose of disambiguating cites and names. All
> rendered ambiguous names, in both ambiguous and umambiguous cites, are
> subject to disambiguation. **Each name is progressively transformed until it
> is disambiguated.** Names that can not be disambiguated remain in their
> original form.
> "by-cite"
> Default. As "all-names", but the goal of name expansion is limited to
> disambiguating cites. Only ambiguous names in ambiguous cites are affected,
> and **disambiguation stops after the first name that eliminates cite
> ambiguity**.

Yup, that's clear. Sorry for being lazy; I was about to doze off.


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