Quoting Michiel Hendriks <>:
> In an <authorgroup><author>... what element should be used for specify
> an "et al"? That part shouldn't be omitted in a list of authors,
> because it would otherwise look like only a single author wrote
> it. Using <personname> doesn't seem right to me.
>
This issue was discussed just recently (without a conclusive solution though):
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200806/msg00011.html
regards,
Markus
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