Old problem revisited

Someone posted about this in 2006 but did not receive a response.  I am having the exact same problem.  Dublin Core formats author names as: Surname, First Name.  Adobe Bridge (and the other info panels in Adobe products) automatically change the comma to a semi-colon.  If I create my own customized info panel, can I accomplish this without compromising the integrity of the namespace?  Or is there an easy solution to prevent Adobe from converting commas to semi-colons?  I do not want to use spaces as it is not compliant with out cataloging standards.  Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Peculiar...So i figured out that if I put quotes around the data, it maintains the comma and drops the quotes, sort of.  i.e. "Lastname, firstname" however, it does not carry through in the info panels.  If you open the description info panel (which is usually the default panel) it contains the comma, but the minute you switch to another panel, it changes the comma in the description creator field back to a semi-colon.  If you hit ok, the creator field will change the comma to a semi-colon.  If you X out and don't hit ok, the IPTC Creator field will maintain the comma.
In the info panel, the dublin core panel (in the advanced panel) maps out the creator as 2 fields with the comma and the semi-colon.
Furthermore, if you try a metadata template for the creator field using the quotes, it won't work.  It will drop the quotes and change the comma to a semi-colon.
So my guess is that the quotes that keep the comma in the IPTC Core panel is a bug.  So this is not really a viable solution.
I swear - Adobe should hire me as a tester...

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