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.cff entries are ordered by order of addition, not using a standard order #861

@JaroCamphuijsen

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@JaroCamphuijsen

When generating the .cff file through the web app, the fields (at least the author sub-fields) are sorted by the order of addition. That means if I first add institution, and then the family name, I will get the author fields ordered in that way on my generated .cff file as well.

authors:
  - given-names: Someone
    affiliation: Awesome University
    family-names: Smith
    email: [email protected]
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000'
  - given-names: Jaro
    family-names: Camphuijsen
    email: [email protected]
    affiliation: Netherlands eScience Center
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8928-7831'

Instead it would be more desirable to have a standard order of these fields, because having various authors with different sub-field ordering makes the file unnecessarily chaotic.

authors:
  - given-names: Someone
    family-names: Smith
    email: [email protected]
    affiliation: Awesome University
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000'
  - given-names: Jaro
    family-names: Camphuijsen
    email: [email protected]
    affiliation: Netherlands eScience Center
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8928-7831'

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