Re: [jats-list] Authors identified by initials only

["B Tommie Usdin btusdin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark b

I would go for a combination of your two approaches. If the name should be
displayed with periods, I would include them. If you are confident that the
letters are initials, I would specify that. So, I would likely go for:

  <string-name><given-names initials="FN">F.N.</given-names><surname
initials="L">L.</surname></string-name>

If you use <name> your display will be subject to the manipulations your
display software does to <name>, probably including adding spaces,  and
possibly adding punctuation and rearranging the components.

b Tommie


> On Sep 2, 2019, at 4:42 AM, DUNN, Mark mark.dunn@xxxxxxx
<jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Ibm seeking some advice or precedent on capturing authors who are
identified only by their initials. This is something we see sometimes in
19th-century journals.
>
> Assuming we can identify the initial for the surname, Ibm thinking of
something like (for author bF.N.L.b):
>
> <name>
>   <surname>L.</surname>
>   <given-names>F.N.</given-names>
> </name>
>
> or perhaps
>
> <name>
>   <surname initials=bLb/>
>   <given-names initials=bFNb/>
> </name>
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation or established practice for this
situation?
>
> Many thanks,
> Mark
>
>
> Mark Dunn (mark.dunn@xxxxxxx)
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