[Docutils-develop] "Authors" bibliographic field (was Re: Transforms...?)

[David G. <go...@us...>]

[David]
>> I think it best to leave the distinction::
>> 
>>     :Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
>> 
>> This would look like two names.  Using ":Author:" instead makes it
>> clear.

[Adam]
> Ah, yes, I see what you mean. However, you still have a problem with
> that name if you have multiple authors, so there needs to be some
> solution for it anyway. For example, one could only allow ";" as
> separator, although you might argue that it looks ugly. But
> otherwise, "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." would not be able to participate in
> collaborations. :-)

As currently implemented, the "Authors" field can use either ";" or
"," as separators, with ";" checked for first.  So the following would
be parsed properly:

    :Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; Kilgore Trout, Esq.

I'll clarify this point in the docs.

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