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Feature improvement: long author list

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Component: JSF Feature: Metadata Type: Bug User Role: Depositor UX & UI: New React UI
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Description

Overview of the Feature Request
Currently, authors are listed in order on the metadata tab of a dataset and in the citation. When author lists grow very long, this display becomes unwieldy for the user scrolling through the dataset page. Is there a better way to display this author list?

What kind of user is the feature intended for?
Depositor, data re-user, browser.

What inspired the request?
Depositing a dataset with over 200 authors.

What existing behavior do you want changed?
Improved display of author lists. Display could change if author name is located in a search.

Any related open or closed issues to this feature request?
I don't think so.

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Research direction

The metadata tab and citation are the affected entry points, with datasets containing over 200 authors as the motivating case. Review the current author-list display and how author-name search is handled, then define and validate a less unwieldy presentation for depositors, data re-users, and browsers.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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