# Names formatting

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/names-formatting/576>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [March 22, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/names-formatting/576 "2009-03-22T04:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_Bennett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.citationstyles.org/frank_bennett/32/198_2.png) [@Frank\_Bennett](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Frank_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/names-formatting/576/1 "2009-03-22T04:43:50Z")

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The test below passes in citeproc-js. Is it correct?

// book::seven-names-1  
{  
“type”: “book”,  
“author”: [  
{ “name”:“Doe, John” },  
{ “name”:“van Winkle, Rip” },  
{ “name”:“我妻, 栄” },  
{ “name”:“Thucydides, Carl, III” },  
{ “name”:“Tokugawa, Ieyasu !” },  
{ “name”:“Ministry of Fear, Loathing and Error !!” },  
{ “name”:“Prince” }  
],  
“issued”: “2000”,  
“title”: “Our Story”  
}

// names/test021.txt  
{  
“citation”:[{“source”:“book::seven-names-1”}],  
“testof”: “citation”,  
“csl”:"

 ", "result":"John DOE, Rip van WINKLE, 我妻栄, Carl THUCYDIDES III, TOKUGAWA Ieyasu, et al." }

Frank