Re: [xbiblio-devel] delimiter for names

[Bruce D'A. <bd...@gm...>]

First, let me just say that classes started this week (and I have a 
house guest), so I've not had much time to focus on this. But quickly 
...

On Aug 23, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Johan Kool wrote:

> All the csl files now don't specify the delimiter for an author (or
> contributor), so it got me confused. I think this stems from the
> meaning of the tag:
>
>          <author  suffix=", "/>
>
> I always read it as:
>
> 	 <group prefix="" suffix=", " delimiter="">
> 		 <author/>
> 	 </group>

That's how I read it.

> But am I correct that instead the right meaning is:
>
> 	 <group prefix="" suffix="" delimiter=", ">
> 		 <author/>
> 	 </group>

No. Perhaps there's just a bug in the styles.

> Btw, when is defined:
>
> 	<contributor name-as-sort-order="no">
> 		<name and="symbol" initialize-with="."/>
> 		<label term-set="roles-short" prefix=", " text-
> transform="capitalize"/>
> 	</contributor>
>
> Does the label then come after every name, or only after the last one?

The latter. I suppose it might be more clear if we used "names" or 
"name-list" instead of the singular?

Bruce