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Discussions and Unresolved Issues

Implemented in v2

Awaiting Implementation

Known Problems & Unresolved Issues

Handling of Cartoonists Support for Original Appearance (EO) Records Inconsistent listing of name behind pseudonym
Part-original/part-reprint serials Support for Translation Detail (ET) Records Reordering of co-authors in some indexes
Spurious semi-colon in Author Index Handling Sort Order on Ambiguous Author Name Handling of Magazine Dates in Checklist Index
Circular reference in Author Index Named Serial Parts Ignoring Author Notes when concatenating
Mishandling of "unpublished" in concatenated entries   Misaligned "see under" links
Hyperlinks omit trailing ", [?]"   Better handling of group sub-headings
Inconsistency between house and personal pseudonyms   Handling Redundant Author cross-references
Positioning of "from <xxx>" clauses   Incompatible Book Review Formats
Sorting of titles with punctuation   Pseudonymous entries not listed under main author(s)
Partial capitalization of author names    
Problems with reprints under another name    
Per-index flexibility    
Columns with different co-authors    
Defensive Coding    
Case-Sensitivity

Require Data Changes

Unresolvable

Use of Windows-specific characters Quotation Marks in Original Titles Ordering of Names in Author Index
Serials and magazine name changes Non-standard format of "en" & "pu" records  
Undated issues in chronological index Padding Serial Part Numbers  
Handling of "First March" (and similar) Dates Nested Series  
Problems with uncredited authors who are later given credit    
Specification of "key author" for series