internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary

Add possibility of linking contributors at the edition level to author profiles

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Affects: Data Lead: @seabelis Needs: Community Discussion Priority: 3 State: Blocked Type: Feature Request
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Description

Contributors at the edition level (e.g. editors of the edition of a book, translators etc.) are coded as plain text, but it is not possible to link them to author profiles

### Describe the solution you'd like
The coding of contributors at the edition level should be done using author profiles

### Proposal & Constraints

### Additional context

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating how edition-level contributors are represented and how author profiles are linked elsewhere; then trace the relevant data and UI paths. Done means edition-level editors, translators, and similar contributors can reference author profiles instead of only plain text.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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