Upgrade StorageNeeded feature: dealing with pen names and other special names
When saving a work, let's say for example by the philosopher Voltaire, this was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet, so, as there is a field for his name François-Marie and for his surname Arouet, it lacks a field for his pen name Voltaire, which should be the first/main appearing in the Creator column in the middle pane (and also the main used by citing styles?)
What I currently do is including his name as it is and as surname Voltaire Arouet, but this is a bit weird.
Other special case are ancient Greek authors, which may have just a unique name (Homer, Euclid, ...) name with surname but with name as more relevant (Diogenes Laertius) or name with reference to origin (Lucian of Samosata).
If single field for author is thought more for institutions, it's a bit odd use this form to include Homer, so one has to place Homer as a surname (otherwise, Creator column appears empty). Same for names as Lucian of Samosata. Do we use single field author as if they were an institution? Do we use name = Lucian surname = of Samosata, so they appear as 'de Samosata, Lucian'? We end using surname ='Lucian of Samosata'...
And finally king names as Friedrich II, the Great. Should be name = 'Friedrich II, the Great' so empty creator as for Homer?
I think there should be together with name and surname, a field maybe called 'main name, which would be useful for cases as 'Lucian' or 'Diogenes' as more relevant than 'of Samosata' or 'Laertius', also for 'Homer', for pen names as 'Voltaire' and for king names as 'Friedrich II'. And then we could include 'of Samosata', 'Arouet', 'the Great', etc. as surnames. These beyond other useful and necessary fields for contemporary authors as ORCiD or email.
What I currently do is including his name as it is and as surname Voltaire Arouet, but this is a bit weird.
Other special case are ancient Greek authors, which may have just a unique name (Homer, Euclid, ...) name with surname but with name as more relevant (Diogenes Laertius) or name with reference to origin (Lucian of Samosata).
If single field for author is thought more for institutions, it's a bit odd use this form to include Homer, so one has to place Homer as a surname (otherwise, Creator column appears empty). Same for names as Lucian of Samosata. Do we use single field author as if they were an institution? Do we use name = Lucian surname = of Samosata, so they appear as 'de Samosata, Lucian'? We end using surname ='Lucian of Samosata'...
And finally king names as Friedrich II, the Great. Should be name = 'Friedrich II, the Great' so empty creator as for Homer?
I think there should be together with name and surname, a field maybe called 'main name, which would be useful for cases as 'Lucian' or 'Diogenes' as more relevant than 'of Samosata' or 'Laertius', also for 'Homer', for pen names as 'Voltaire' and for king names as 'Friedrich II'. And then we could include 'of Samosata', 'Arouet', 'the Great', etc. as surnames. These beyond other useful and necessary fields for contemporary authors as ORCiD or email.