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The four disambiguation methods can be individually activated with the following
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optional attributes:
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- ``disambiguate-add-names`` [Step (1)]
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+ ``disambiguate-add-names`` [Method (1)]
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If set to "true" ("false" is the default), names that would otherwise be
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hidden as a result of et-al abbreviation are added one by one to all members
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of a set of ambiguous cites, until no more cites in the set can be
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- disambiguated by adding names. If necessary to render the disambiguating
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- names in the bibliography, et-al abbreviation in the corresponding
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- bibliographic entries is similarly relaxed for the affected name variables.
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+ disambiguated by adding names.
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- ``disambiguate-add-givenname`` [Step (2)]
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+ ``disambiguate-add-givenname`` [Method (2)]
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If set to "true" ("false" is the default), ambiguous names (names that are
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identical in their "short" or initialized "long" form, but differ when
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initials are added or the full given name is shown) are expanded. Name
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hidden as a result of et-al abbreviation after the disambiguation attempt of
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``disambiguate-add-names`` are added one by one to all members of a set of
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ambiguous cites, until no more cites in the set can be disambiguated by
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- adding expanded names. If necessary to render the disambiguating expanded
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- names in the bibliography, the affected name variables in the corresponding
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- bibliographic entries are similarly subjected to name expansion and
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- relaxation of et-al abbreviation.
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+ adding expanded names.
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``givenname-disambiguation-rule``
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Specifies a) whether the purpose of name expansion is limited to
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affected, and disambiguation stops after the first name that
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eliminates cite ambiguity.
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+ In the description of disambiguation methods (1) and (2) above, we assumed that
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+ each (disambiguated) cite has an unambiguous link to its bibliographic entry. To
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+ assure that each cite does in fact uniquely identify its entry in the
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+ bibliography, detail that distinguishes cites (such as names, initials, and full
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+ given names) must be shown in the corresponding bibliography entries. If this is
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+ not the case, disambiguation methods (1) and (2) also act on all members of a
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+ set of ambiguously cited bibliographic entries, until no more entries in the set
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+ can be unambiguously cited by adding (expanded) names. Each method only takes
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+ effect on the involved bibliographic entries after it has been used to
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+ disambiguate cites.
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+
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A disambiguation attempt can also be made by rendering ambiguous cites with the
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- ``disambiguate`` condition testing "true" [Step (3)] (see `Choose`_).
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+ ``disambiguate`` condition testing "true" [Method (3)] (see `Choose`_).
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- ``disambiguate-add-year-suffix`` [Step (4)]
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+ ``disambiguate-add-year-suffix`` [Method (4)]
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If set to "true" ("false" is the default), an alphabetic year-suffix is
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added to ambiguous cites (e.g. "Doe 2007, Doe 2007" becomes "Doe 2007a, Doe
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2007b") and to their corresponding bibliographic entries. This final
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