Initializer GUI tool allows the author to be empty.

[Zumitify]

If there are no authors added, the initializer tool says that the Citation file is invalid.
But if we do the following steps:

1. Add basic information, click next to go on the Authors page.
2. No authors are present, hence it shows error and warning "Add at least one author"
3. Click add Person, and then click done.

This adds an empty dictionary for the author field.
It then allows me to download the citation file, because there are no errors caught.

I am not sure if this is intended or not.

[sdruskat]

Thanks @Zumitify for reporting this. I'll transfer it to the repository for the cffinit tool that this refers to.

[jspaaks]

Hi @Zumitify, thanks for making the issue. I can confirm the reported behavior is what is expected given the schema, although admittedly it is a bit weird and will likely change in the next release of the Citation File Format.

See the relevant PR here citation-file-format/citation-file-format#462