Ideas for Arc XP

More story contributor options than just authors

We have use cases where we would like to credit people for a story who are not the primary authors of it. Video Center has multiple crediting fields (Editor, Host/Talent, Contributors) that all tap into the Author Service, but Composer only has a generic "Author" field that does so. If there was some sort of "Secondary Contributor" field for stories, that would allow for more robust crediting in our story presentation.

  • Lowell Kissling
  • Oct 30 2025
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  • Lowell Kissling commented
    31 Oct 16:52

    Hi Caytlyn. These would be people we manage in Arc via Author service. I am basically imagining a secondary author/contributor field that autocompletes from the same Author Service list.

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    Caytlyn Trickey commented
    31 Oct 16:40

    Hi there! Thanks for submitting this idea. I was curious if you could provide more information on these secondary contributors you've mentioned. Are these categories of people you manage in Arc (as in are they users that would surface in your existing list of Authors, just in a separate field) or are they external contributors or values that you would expect to type in a free form way? Would you expect this to be grouped with or near the Authors field if this was available? Thank you!