BibTeX: truncate author lists

[ehenneken]

In ADS Classic there is a distinction between BibTeX reference list (= BibTeX in new ADS) and BibTeX with abstracts (= BibTeX ABS in new ADS): in BibTeX reference list the author list is truncated to at most 10 authors in ADS Classic. We did this because BibTeX often crashes on records with huge author lists.

[golnazads]

In the new ADS there is also two of them /bibtex BibTeX reference list /bibtexabs BibTeX with abstracts

I did not realize that for reference list the authors should be truncated to at most 10. That is what you are saying, right?

[golnazads]

Edwin, I was wondering if we should consider this to be a parameter passed in to the endpoint. This way user has complete control over how many authors they like to display. And we can apply I too both list and abstract one. Any thoughts?

[golnazads]

Forgot to mention, the parameter can become part of user preferences. We are actually adding another parameter, please see https://github.com/adsabs/bumblebee/issues/1845, so if you would like to proceed this way we can add one more.

[ehenneken]

That's correct, for reference list the authors should be truncated to at most 10. I would go for having the Classic behavior as default, but I like the idea of allowing the user to change that number. I wonder if we should take this number from the application settings (in https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/user/settings/application) or have it be a separate number. I'm leaning towards it being a separate number.

[aaccomazzi]

Agree in general, but still think we should have a reasonable default set in export service. This way people who fetch bibtex straight from the API endpoint will get something usable without having to worry about the details. So I'm suggesting the following:

1. export service has a maxauthor default
2. export service endpoint accepts a maxauthor parameter passed in
3. BBB implements some kind of custom setting so that each user can choose to override the default at the application level

I think the order above is significant, we should implement 1 right away, then 2 is rather trivial, and eventually we can do 3 at some point.

[golnazads]

and per Edwin maxauthor be 10, right?

[aaccomazzi]

Yes, we know 10 works and it's also what classic uses.

[golnazads]

bibtex BibTeX reference default maxauthor is 10 /bibtexabs BibTeX with abstracts default maxauthor is 0 meaning show all

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this record 2019arXiv190600814P has 45 authors, and now we have

@ARTICLE{2019arXiv190600814P,
       author = {{Pastorello}, A. and {Reguitti}, A. and {Morales-Garoffolo}, A. and
         {Cano}, Z. and {Prentice}, S.~J. and {Hiramatsu}, D. and {Burke}, J. and
         {Kankare}, E. and {Kotak}, R. and {Reynolds}, T.},
        title = "{A luminous stellar outburst during a long-lasting eruptive phase first, and then SN IIn 2018cnf}",
      journal = {arXiv e-prints},
     keywords = {Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena},
         year = "2019",
        month = "Jun",
          eid = {arXiv:1906.00814},
        pages = {arXiv:1906.00814},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
       eprint = {1906.00814},
 primaryClass = {astro-ph.SR},
       adsurl = {https://dev.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019arXiv190600814P},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}