DOCBOOK: Re: Names and addresses

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

/ Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com> was heard to say:
| > From: Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk>
| > 
| > >Then authors (editors, etc) might have this content model:
| > >
| > >   author ::=
| > >   ((personname, personblurb, affiliation+, email+, address+))
| > 
| > 
| > Sounds about right, though what of 'person's without
| > affiliations? i.e. the great unemployed / self employed?
| > why 'must' I have an affiliation?
| 
| Same with email, since not every author
| has an email address, or wants to publicize it.
| Maybe all the + should be ? .

Actually, I think

   author ::=
   ((personname, (personblurb|affiliation|email|address)*))

is probably right.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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