Mix with authors, co-authors and translators

Tarcisio_Pereira · November 13, 2018, 6:11pm

Hi,

I’m using OJS3.
When an article has translators, what is common here in Brazil, it is shown in the list of authors and co-authors although it is not one of them.
For us there should be a clear separation between authors, co-authors and translators. Mostly translators.
Is there any way to make it quite clear that the translator is not an author?

Regards,

Tarcisio Pereira

Tarcisio_Pereira · November 21, 2018, 6:19pm

Hi,

Any response?

Regards,
Tarcisio Pereira.

Tarcisio_Pereira · November 27, 2018, 11:51am

Hi

The translator also appears in the citation plugin. It should only appear the authors.
Crossref xml also puts the translator as author.

Rergards,
Tarcisio Pereira.

ctgraham · December 13, 2018, 4:46pm

Also related: DC.Creator.PersonalName incorrect if there are Translators among Contributors · Issue #3962 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub

A proposal for normalizing the taxonomy of contributor roles: Connect with CASRAI CRediT standard · Issue #857 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub

czirfusz · December 13, 2018, 7:55pm

Note that translators are separated with a semicolon, authors with a comma. But I agree that it should be more transparent for readers.

ctgraham · December 14, 2018, 3:21pm

The distinction between semicolon and comma is based on OJS’s “user groups” and the structure of the Submission::getAuthorNames() function:

github.com

pkp/pkp-lib/blob/e7c7f5fea317bf84dcb9ff6c1ac377e92b208350/classes/submission/Submission.inc.php#L250-L285


	/**
	 * Return string of author names, separated by the specified token
	 * @param $preferred boolean If the preferred public name should be used, if exist
	 * @param $familyOnly boolean return list of family names only (default false)
	 * @return string
	 */
	function getAuthorString($preferred = true, $familyOnly = false) {
		$authors = $this->getAuthors(true);

		$str = '';
		$lastUserGroupId = null;
		$author = null;
		$userGroupDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('UserGroupDAO');
		foreach($authors as $author) {
			if (!empty($str)) {
				if ($lastUserGroupId != $author->getUserGroupId()) {
					$userGroup = $userGroupDao->getById($lastUserGroupId);
					if ($userGroup->getShowTitle()) $str .= ' (' . $userGroup->getLocalizedName() . ')';
					$str .= __('common.semicolonListSeparator');
				} else {

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When listing “author” (contributor?) names, when the user group (contributor role?) changes, we add a “semicolon” (or whatever the overrides the semicolon); when operating within the user group, we add a “comma” (or whatever overrides the comma).

ctgraham · December 14, 2018, 3:34pm

Note that if you check the option “Show role title in contributor list” in Users & Roles → Roles → Translator → Edit, this adds the text “(Translator)” (or translation) to the the Article view and to the DC.Creator.PersonalName in the metadata. The CrossRef export and Citation Plugin remains in error.

Tarcisio_Pereira · December 17, 2018, 12:58pm

Hi @ctgraham

Thank you by this information.
I will verify if its satisfy journal editor.

Regards,
Tarcisio Pereira.

Tarcisio_Pereira · December 17, 2018, 1:28pm

Hi @ctgraham

I check the option “Show role title in contributor list”.
But it’s only show role in issue article list, not in the article view.
From what I understand it should also show in the article, right?

Regards,
Tarcisio Pereira

ctgraham · December 17, 2018, 1:56pm

You are correct. The Issue TOC uses the getAuthorString() as does the inline Dublin Core metadata (until 3.2), but the Article details and the Dublin Core metadata plugin explicitly calls getFullName().

Tarcisio_Pereira · December 19, 2018, 12:07pm

Hi @ctgraham

So, it’s a bug?
How article details can be edited to show group description too?

Regards,
Tarcisio Pereira.

ctgraham · December 19, 2018, 3:54pm

Yes, this is a bug, and unfortunately raises some fairly deep questions regarding how contributor roles map against user roles and metadata exposure.

If you are comfortable editing PHP, for a quick fix on just the Article details page, you could change the current getFullName() call to add the output of the author’s title, similar to what the Submission::getAuthorString() does:

github.com

pkp/pkp-lib/blob/d7de04f5c03a3a9799f41bad80188fcb1c37e670/classes/submission/Submission.inc.php#L279-L282


		if ($author && $author->getShowTitle()) {
			$userGroup = $userGroupDao->getById($author->getUserGroupId());
			$str .= ' (' . $userGroup->getLocalizedName() . ')';
		}

Tarcisio_Pereira · December 19, 2018, 5:27pm

@ctgraham

Thank you.

Tarcisio Pereira.

Ph_We · September 26, 2019, 11:49am

Hi @ctgraham, the bug has been reported from the very beginning (of OJS3)
See e.g. OJS3: User Roles
It is also relevant to the Crossref plugin:
CrossRef export: contributor_role="translator" is not used

May we hope it will be fixed sooner or later?