Re: [h5md-user] H5MD: h5md/author attribute

[Pierre de Buyl]

Hi all,

Le 26 juil. 11 à 10:24, Peter Colberg a écrit :

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:14:05AM -0400, Peter Colberg wrote:
> > Hi Pierre,
> >
> > while reviewing the code of the new H5MD writer/reader in HALMD,
> > Felix suggested that we add an "author" attribute to the h5md
> > group. This seems an especially good idea if sharing H5MD files
> > within a collaboration. What do you think?
> >
> > I propose the "author" attribute should contain the full name (not  
> > the
> > login name, which might be considered “confidential” by some users?).
>
> Or better, we could specify use of the full name if available, and
> otherwise (if the gecos field is empty) fall back to the login name.
>
> > On the implementation side, POSIX systems provide getuid(2) to query
> > the numeric user ID, and getpwuid_r(3) to query the real name (in
> > pw_gecos field).

As far as the implementation is concerned, we shouldn't care too much  
in the specification.
However, proposing a default seems fine.
I would go for
Real Name [,Organization][, <address@hidden>][URL]
where the [] mean optional. An email or homepage allow people to  
designate themselve in a flexible way.
This would remain a single text field.


> > Regards,
> > Peter
> >
> > --
> > Peter Colberg
> > Chemical Physics Theory Group
> > Department of Chemistry
> > University of Toronto
> > Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6
> > Canada
> > Phone: +1-416-946-7849
> > Fax: +1-416-978-5325
> > Website: http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/~pcolberg/

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Pierre de Buyl
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Physique des Systèmes Complexes et Mécanique Statistique - Université  
Libre de Bruxelles
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