These Specific Criteria appeared in the GENERAL Folder of D0NEWS on 
                            December 13, 1994.


There have recently been questions about the proper interpretation of the
D0 Authorship Rules as to the exact requirements for new D0 authors.  The
following interpretation has been agreed to by the D0 Spokesmen and the D0
Authorship Committee.
                                Ron Madaras, for the D0 Authorship Committee
 
     Specific Criteria for Someone to be Added to the D0 Author List
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In order to become a new D0 Author, one must satisfy the following three
criteria.  These criteria are based on the D0 Authorship Rules (D0NEWS,
June 7, 1994).  The three criteria are:
 
1) A person must spend his or her full research time on D0 for 1 calendar year,
   or the equivalent (100% of research time on D0 for 1 year, 50% of research
   time on D0 for 2 years, etc).
 
2) Of the time a person spends on D0, at least 50% must be spent on D0 service
   tasks (a)-(e) for the time period indicated in criteria #1.  These service
   tasks are described in the Authorship Rules.
 
3) The minimum amount of time spent on service tasks (a)-(e) must be at least
   12 hours/week for the time period indicated in criteria #1.  This is an
   absolute minimum, and is not prorated according to the percentage of research
   time spent on D0.
 
It is recognized that there will be many variations in circumstances, and that
some interpretations of individual cases will be necessary.  Any person not
fulfilling the above criteria can appeal to the Authorship Committee for an
exemption if he or she thinks there are mitigating circumstances.