> Should one break the author's name up into initials and surnames, so
> that the order could be different in the main title and the running head
> and/or different than the order in which the author would have put them
you mean the running head might say "Einstein, A"? all i can say is
that i have not been ever asked to do it...
> I hadn't been thinking of the abstract as part of the front matter
> (probably because it normally comes after \maketitle) but perhaps I
> should be.
if you consider a two column layout, with front matter set over both
columns, it becomes important to know where front matter starts and
stops. one of our journals puts the abstract as a footnote :-}
> Other comments? What about the `affiliations' and other environments with
> the label-reference mechanism?
i didn't personally like the layout very much, but leave that aside
for now. the important thing is whether people think the necessary
information is all in place.
re dates, i note that we support received, revised, accepted, and
communicated. you only have 3 fields.
by the way, i think that using multiple parameters in this, and other,
macros is not very friendly. why not adopt the keyval syntax, ie
\date{communicated=xxxx,revised=xxxx}
which allows a more elegant way to omit arguments, and identify what
you are doing. i know its just sugar, but it would make bits of what
you suggest easier to read
sebastian
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