Sorting compound names // sense

[Robert Brenstein]

>  >
>>  Rules for sorting in German/Swedish/Dutch are not the same as
>>  English. They don't treat the "von" as part of the last name. I don't
>>  make these rules, Ruslan, they are simply the custom. Do not forget,
>>  the results of the search/sort will be a bibliographic list, like
>>  this:
>>
>  > 1. Zasukhin, R, Brenstein, R, von Abel, GE (2004). A title. 23:23-24.
>>
>>  2. Zasukhin, R, Brenstein, R, Bethany, D (2002). Another title. 2:145-160.
>  >
>  > 3. Etc.
>
>
>By your logic
>
>     Zasukhin, R,
>     Brenstein, R,
>
>and
>
>     Brenstein, R,
>     Zasukhin, R,
>
>Will be located in different places of sorted list.
>
>But they keep the same information.
>
>Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]


Actually, Ruslan, the order of authors is important.

Brenstein, R, Zasukhin, R, von Abel, GE (2004). A title. 23:23-24.
and
Zasukhin, R, Brenstein, R, von Abel, GE (2002). Another title. 2:145-160.

should sort in different places since the first author is different.

Robert