On Friday 07 March 2008, Glen Mazza wrote: > I don't understand the concern. My last name is Italian but English > sort order would still be expected.
That's because your "native" name is a western style "First name + Surname" name. For the Beijing folks, their "western name" like James or Jim or something is not really part of their given name. That's something they chose themselves to make it easier for us to communicate with them. I really don't know if the "first part" of thier given name is considered the surname or not. Examples: Willem Ning Jiang Do I sort on "Ning" or "Jiang"? James Maode Mao Do I sort on Maode or Mao? (not that it matters in this case) In anycase, I didn't really want my lack of knowledge/experience with the Chinese cultures to offend anyone. It's purely because I just don't know. (but I'd be happy to learn!) Dan > > Glen > > dkulp wrote: > > (I tried to sort the PMC folks by last name, but with the Chinese > > folks, I'm not really sure what the proper sort order was for them. > > If the order is wrong, I appologize. I probably should have gone > > with sorting by apache id or something.) -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer, IONA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dankulp.com/blog
