On Apr 22, 2005, at 21:28, Norman Walsh wrote:
/ John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
| 3.2.1: Allowing only one atom:name in a Person construct is a Bad
| Thing.
| Lots of people have different names in different contexts (it's common
| for Chinese and Chinese-American people to have distinct Chinese and
| English names, e.g.) Since atom:name is language-sensitive, it should
| be repeatable.
Yeah, repeatable and the UI picks one seems reasonable to me.
IMO, it is not reasonable, because it would complicate clients for virtually no practical benefit.
If only one name is displayed, why bother with all the hassle for the special case instead of the author deciding which name (s)he feels like using today? If you've got an English name and a Chinese name, use the Chinese name if you are writing Chinese and the English name if you are writing English.
-- Henri Sivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
