--- a/MPIWGRoot.py	Mon May 13 18:06:11 2013 +0200
+++ b/MPIWGRoot.py	Mon May 13 22:16:04 2013 +0200
@@ -168,6 +168,29 @@
         return items
 
 
+    def getFeatureAuthorMap(self):
+        """Return a map of authors of features.
+        
+        Returns a dict with author names and a list of feature numbers.
+        """
+        features = self.getFeatures()
+        authors = {}
+        # build dict of unique authors and features
+        fno = 0 
+        for f in features:
+            author = f.getAuthor()
+            fno += 1
+            if author:
+                for a in author.split(';'):
+                    a = a.strip()
+                    if a in authors:
+                        authors[a].append(fno)
+                    else:
+                        authors[a] = [fno]
+                        
+        return authors                
+                
+
     def getDepartments(self):
         """returns a list of the Departments"""
         dir = getattr(self, 'departments', None)