On 16 September 2013 17:59, joel jaeggli <joelja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm a contributor to RFC 6350 - but I'm listed there by name only, and >> there is nothing to differentiate me from some other Andy Mabbett (the >> problem is no doubt worse for people with less unusual family names). >> Like many such contributors, I don't want to publish my email address >> as an identifier, in case I get spammed, and if I give an affiliation >> or even the URL of my website, that may change over time. > > If the goal is to include contact info for the authors in the document > and in fact you can't be contacted using the info is it contact info? While I didn't say that the goal was to provide contact info[*], an individual can do so through their ORCID profile, which they manage and can update at any time. * The purpose of ORCID is to /uniquely/ identify individuals, both to differentiate between people with similar names, and to unify works where the author uses variant or changed names - say Jim Smith, James Smith and J. H. Smith for one author, or authors who change their name on marriage, divorce, change of religion or whatever. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk