creator field not parsed from new arXiv feeds

arXiv recently made an update to their RSS feeds that means the creator field is no longer populated in Zotero. The comment at https://blog.arxiv.org/2024/01/31/attention-arxiv-users-re-implemented-rss/#comment-44 describes how the tag is now used in their RSS.

Could this be updated in Zotero so that we can see the list of authors again?
  • Can you share an example feed URL? I'm still seeing authors in the ones I have saved.
  • Here is one : https://rss.arxiv.org/rss/cond-mat.mes-hall
    Zotero seems to be reading what's between the "managingEditor" tags, whereas the list of authors is written by arXiv after a "dc:creator" tag.
  • edited February 15, 2024
    @mikeyh30: I'm seeing authors from dc:creator for that feed. Can you provide a screenshot that shows what you mean?

    (@JLefeuvre, I'm not sure what you're referring to. managingEditor appears once at the top of the feed — not for the entries — and contains just "rss-help@arxiv.org", which I'm not seeing displayed anywhere in Zotero.)
  • edited February 19, 2024
    Sure, here is an example of an entry from this feed:

    < entry>
    < id>oai:arXiv.org:2402.10219v1
    < title>Dynamical tunneling across the separatrix
    < updated>2024-02-19T06:00:00.368753+00:00
    < link href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10219" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
    < summary>arXiv:2402.10219v1 Announce Type: new
    Abstract: The strong enhancement of tunneling couplings typically observed in tunneling splittings in the quantum map is investigated. We show that the transition from instanton to noninstanton tunneling, which is known to occur in tunneling splittings in the space of the inverse Planck constant, takes place in a parameter space as well. By applying the absorbing perturbation technique, we find that the enhancement invoked as a result of local avoided crossings and that originating from globally spread interactions over many states should be distinguished and that the latter is responsible for the strong and persistent enhancement. We also provide evidence showing that the coupling across the separatrix in phase-space is crucial in explaining the behavior of tunneling splittings by performing the wave-function-based observation. In the light of these findings, we examine the validity of the resonance-assisted tunneling theory.
    < category term="cond-mat.mes-hall"/>
    < category term="nlin.CD"/>
    < arxiv:announce_type>new
    < dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    < arxiv:journal_reference>Physical Review E 108, 064210 (2023)< /arxiv:journal_reference>
    < arxiv:DOI>10.1103/PhysRevE.108.064210
    < dc:creator>Yasutaka Hanada, Akira Shudo, Kensuke S. Ikeda
    < /entry>

    And the corresponding Zotero entry (without the creator field being populated):
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u5052289/ssmjo7v095i4qk0crlto.png
  • Possible we fixed this in Zotero 7. It's working fine for me in the beta:

    https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u6/o1yqr55kuqdwnd8oyd7h.png
  • It seems to be fixed indeed, everything works fine now. Before, the creator field only read "rss-help@arxiv.org" for all articles. Thank you for the fix !
  • edited 28 days ago
    Hi, I'm returning to this question now that I've updated to Zotero 7.0.9 (64bit version), but unfortunately the creator field is still not parsed correctly for me. I've looked at the debug output logs, and comparing the RSS feed to what Zotero parses from it, I have:

    RSS (sorry I had to mangle the html tags to get it to preview somewhat correctly here):
    [feed entry removed — D.S.]

    Parsed through Zotero:
    { "guid": "oai:arXiv.org:2411.11949v1" "title": "Anti-chiral surface states and Su-Schrieffer-Heeger physics in rutile altermagnets" "abstractNote": "arXiv:2411.11949v1 Announce Type: new \nAbstract: We study surface states and domain wall bound states in altermagnets using a rutile-lattice tight-binding model of electrons coupled to a N\\'eel order. We discover that two symmetry-protected Weyl nodal lines in the bulk band structure can give rise to unconventional anti-chiral surface states -- surface states from opposite surfaces propagate in a \\emph{parallel} manner, as opposed to the anti-parallel manner for the more conventional chiral surface states. We also find that the anti-chiral surface states can be turned into chiral surface states upon changing the surface termination. The origin of the surface states, the dependence on the surface termination, and key features of domain wall bound states are explained using a map from the altermagnet to a family of a modified Su-Schrieffer-Heeger(SSH) chain and the associated bulk-boundary correspondence. Our work reveals rutile altermagnets as a promising candidate among very few quantum materials that can support anti-chiral surface states." "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11949" "rights": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/" "creators": [] "date": "2024-11-20T05:19:40.308682+00:00" "itemType": "journalArticle" "enclosedItems": [] }


    As you can see, the creators field remains empty in the Zotero, despite being populated in the RSS feed.
  • @mikeyh30: We just need a feed URL where you're seeing this.
  • edited 27 days ago
    OK, fixed in the Zotero 7.0.10-beta.3 (available in a few minutes for Windows), and the fix will be included in 7.0.10 soon.
  • Fixed now in 7.0.10
  • Just tried it out and it's resolved. Thanks for the help!
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