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17149,Allow custom Atom author elements such as email,niallkennedy,,"The Atom Syndication Format includes [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287#section-3.2 person constructs] to describe a ""person, corporation, or similar entity."" WordPress builds an author element in its Atom template with support for a 'name' or 'uri' child element only. Publishers may want to include an author's email address but have no way to add in the extra information without editing the core template file.

Publishing an email contact for each author is fairly common in mainstream media to engage readership through their communication method of choice. A feed reader connected to an email client such as Outlook might support responding to an entry via email. My local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, publicly [http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/info/e-mail/ lists the email addresses of its staff] with each article.

I am trying to add child elements to the author element, meaning the atom_entry action won't help.

Attached is a patch to build the author person construct as an associative array, pass it to a filter, and echo to screen. Plugins could include additional author data including email or extension elements.",enhancement,closed,normal,3.2,Feeds,,normal,fixed,has-patch,