From db7b1c7d8bba0d7f8fd31344b4e6c1e3c79e36f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kesara Rathnayake <kesara@fq.nz>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:38:36 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(bibxml): Improve author name processing

---
 ietf/sync/bibxml.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ietf/sync/bibxml.py b/ietf/sync/bibxml.py
index ddfabdd74c..96e6c1400a 100644
--- a/ietf/sync/bibxml.py
+++ b/ietf/sync/bibxml.py
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@
 }
 
 
+CHUNK = r"(?:[A-Z]|\([A-Z]+\))+"
+INITIAL = rf"(?:{CHUNK}-)*{CHUNK}\."
+NAME_RE = re.compile(rf"^\s*(?P<initials>(?:{INITIAL}[-\s]*)*)(?P<surname>.*?)\s*$")
+
+
 class BibXMLException(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -153,7 +158,9 @@ def get_rfc_bibxml(rfc):
                 )
         else:
             try:
-                initials, surname = author.titlepage_name.split(maxsplit=1)
+                name_parts = NAME_RE.match(author.titlepage_name)
+                initials = name_parts["initials"].strip()
+                surname = name_parts["surname"]
                 if author.is_editor:
                     author_entry = f"""<author fullname={qa(author.titlepage_name)} initials={qa(initials)} surname={qa(surname)} role="editor"/>"""
                 else:

From 98980a157e78af540cdf2d0a30896de80c7c42e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kesara Rathnayake <kesara@fq.nz>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:50:14 +1200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(bibxml): More improvements

---
 ietf/sync/bibxml.py | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ietf/sync/bibxml.py b/ietf/sync/bibxml.py
index 96e6c1400a..18e72d81c1 100644
--- a/ietf/sync/bibxml.py
+++ b/ietf/sync/bibxml.py
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@
 
 
 CHUNK = r"(?:[A-Z]|\([A-Z]+\))+"
-INITIAL = rf"(?:{CHUNK}-)*{CHUNK}\."
+PARENY = r"[A-Z]*(?:\([A-Z]+\)[A-Z]*)+"
+DOTTED = rf"(?:{CHUNK}-)*{CHUNK}\."
+BARE = rf"(?:{PARENY}|[A-Z]+)(?=[-\s])"
+INITIAL = rf"(?:{DOTTED}|{BARE})"
+
 NAME_RE = re.compile(rf"^\s*(?P<initials>(?:{INITIAL}[-\s]*)*)(?P<surname>.*?)\s*$")
 
 
@@ -161,10 +165,13 @@ def get_rfc_bibxml(rfc):
                 name_parts = NAME_RE.match(author.titlepage_name)
                 initials = name_parts["initials"].strip()
                 surname = name_parts["surname"]
+                initials_attr = ""
+                if initials:
+                    initials_attr = f"initials={qa(initials)}"
                 if author.is_editor:
-                    author_entry = f"""<author fullname={qa(author.titlepage_name)} initials={qa(initials)} surname={qa(surname)} role="editor"/>"""
+                    author_entry = f"""<author fullname={qa(author.titlepage_name)} {initials_attr} surname={qa(surname)} role="editor"/>"""
                 else:
-                    author_entry = f"""<author fullname={qa(author.titlepage_name)} initials={qa(initials)} surname={qa(surname)}/>"""
+                    author_entry = f"""<author fullname={qa(author.titlepage_name)} {initials_attr} surname={qa(surname)}/>"""
             except ValueError:
                 # Case where author has single name.
                 author_entry = f"""<author fullname={qa(author.titlepage_name)} />"""