Hi, many Python-modules contain metadata-variables, like __author__ etc. But most documentation-tools only support some of these variables, and some tools even define their own metadata-variables.
So far, I found: - pydoc (-> pydoc.py): __author__ __credits__ __date__ __version__ (additionally converting '$Revision: ...$' to '...') - epydoc (-> http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/manual-fields.html): __author__ __authors__ __contact__ __copyright__ __date__ __deprecated__ __license__ __version__ - some modules also use: __revision__ So, my question is: Is there any "generic" definition of these variables? Otherwise it may be good to define a "standard" set of such metadata variables. And I think pydoc should be extended to at least support __copyright__ and __license__. I'll send a patch for this, except there is any reason against it. regards, Roland -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list