[LSC] LDraw.org Official Library Header Specification

[Travis Cobbs]

The point is that the paragraph that Michael quoted uses two different terms
for the same thing.  Based on the responses here, "LDraw username" should
probably be changed to "PT username".

--Travis

On Jan 7, 2008 11:57 PM, William Howard <william at howard-family.fsworld.co.uk>
wrote:


>  There is only one PT username per author, BUT not all part authors have a

> PT username.

>

> Some (old) parts were authored by people who never joined the PT, so the

> header can only credit them by name and not by name and username

>

> For me, the author line will read

> 0 Author: *William Howard* [*WilliamH*]

>

> but for an author without a PT username it will read (for example)

>  0 Author: *James Jessiman*

> **

> *Hope that helps*

> **

> *William*

>

>

>  ----- Original Message -----

> *From:* Chris Dee <chris_w_dee at hotmail.com>

> *To:* LDraw Standards Committee <lsc at ldraw.org>

> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:16 AM

> *Subject:* Re: [LSC] LDraw.org Official Library Header Specification

>

> If understand the question correctly, it's just one username. Folks need

> to register with LDraw.org to get an LDraw username. If they want to

> submit parts to the Parts Tracker, I just assign the necessary to that

> username.

>

> Chris Dee

> (chris_w_dee at hotmail.com)

>

>

>  ------------------------------

> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:30:43 -0800

> From: tcobbs at gmail.com

> To: lsc at ldraw.org

> Subject: Re: [LSC] LDraw.org Official Library Header Specification

>

> I'm pretty sure there's only one username.

>

> --Travis

>

> On Jan 7, 2008 2:51 PM, Michael Heidemann <mikeheide at web.de> wrote:

>

> Hi Guys,

> I just try to translate http://www.ldraw.org/Article398.html to German

> language and found the following:*

> *

>

> *UserName* is the author's LDraw username. It needs to be optional for

> those past authors that don't have a PT username.

>

>

> Are there two (2) usernames required?

>

> I think not, but I am not so long with you (since 2004).

> If I remember right I got more privileges to send parts to the PT, but no

> new username!

>

> I think this has to be rewritten.

>

> cu

> mikeheide

>

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