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Re: Are multiple AUTHOR tags legit?
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Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:41:47 GMT
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I think a part should only have one AUTHOR line (although, as you say, this
is not stated in the library header spec)
If a part has two or more authors, it falls into one of two possibilities
a) Original author and one or more part modifier/updaters - in this case the
part modifiers/updaters should be moved to the history
b) Two or more authors really did collaborate (and I suspect these are few
and far between) - in this case I think both authors should be listed on one
author line (but I'm open to argument)
What ever is decided it needs documenting in the library header spec (and
while its being updated the other lines need explicit singular/multiple
indicators)
One for the 2007/2008 LSC I feel
William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVE.halibut.com>
To: <lugnet.cad.dat.parts@lugnet.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:05 AM
Subject: Are multiple AUTHOR tags legit?
> I've noticed that a number of official parts have multiple 0 AUTHOR meta
> statements in the part header. All the ones I've seen so far have James
> Jessiman as the first author, and someone else as the second one.
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> Is this the correct way to indicate that a file has had multiple authors?
> If
> you look at the <http://www.ldraw.org/Article398.html Official Library
> Header
> Specification>, you'll see that no mention is made one way or another
> about
> whether or not this is legit, but there's at least an implication (to me,
> anyway) that it's not legit.
>
> If having multiple authors is supposed to be shown like this, I think the
> official header spec should be updated to indicate this. Also, while it
> appears
> that the authors are listed in chronological order (with the most recent
> author
> listed last), this should also be documented.
>
> --Travis
>
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| (...) I think there should only ever be one primary author - nowadays, the one that takes the responsibility of submitting to the Parts Tracker. During the CA header migration, where I have encountered this and assessed that it was a true (...) (17 years ago, 11-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| I've noticed that a number of official parts have multiple 0 AUTHOR meta statements in the part header. All the ones I've seen so far have James Jessiman as the first author, and someone else as the second one. Is this the correct way to indicate (...) (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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