[Refdb-users] nitpicking (element ordering in risx)

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

I've been working on some input templates for risx for emacs.  The idea 
is to make entering data much easier than it currently is, since ris is 
a rather abstract data model.  So, for each variable, the user is 
prompted for the input with unambiguous prompts: "book title" and so 
forth.

I have templates now for chapters and articles, and will do another for 
book.  In doing so, however, I'm struck by some somewhat unintuitive 
element ordering in the risx DTD.  Below's the instance:

What is odd for me:

1)  lastname before first

2)  city before publisher

Anyone out there with lisp experience interested in a menu item to load 
these records from the buffer directly into refdb?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ris>
   <entry type="CHAP" citekey="smith1999c">
   <part>
     <title>Title</title>
     <author>
       <lastname>Smith</lastname>
       <firstname>Jane</firstname>
     </author>
   </part>
   <publication>
     <title type="full">Book</title>
     <pubinfo>
       <pubdate type="primary">
	<date><year>1999</year></date>
       </pubdate>
       <startpage>34</startpage>
       <endpage>45</endpage>
       <city>New York</city>
       <publisher>ABC Publisher</publisher>
     </pubinfo>
   </publication>
   <contents>
     <keyword></keyword>
   </contents>
   </entry>
</ris>