On 2015-08-18 16:34, Marc Murray wrote: > On Tue, 2015-08-18 at 19:52 +0200, Cédric Krier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > First, if you are interesting in this discussion, I would like you read > > this [1] before going further. > > > > As one of the original author of the party module, I want to say that > > this background was known when we wrote the party module and the fact > > there is only one single name field was on purpose. > > > > So for me, the addition of the lastname field in health module is not > > correct because it is too locale specific. > > I tried to find where this distinction was needed in the health modules > > but I did not. > > So for me, there are two options to make GNU Health works better all > > around the world: > > > > - Remove lastname field because we don't need it. > > > > - Change lastname field for a (or many) field(s) for which the usage > > will be clearly defined like: "called name" for sending mail. > > I think we should remove the lastname field. > > In any case, the "name" field should always be the name of the party, > not a part of the name. So, even if we don't remove lastname, we should > add "given_names" or similar so we can have name in the "name" field. > However, based on the varying naming customs around the world, given > name + lastname may be inappropriate.
I fully agree. > I also like the idea of being able to define parts of a name in its own > model. So this way, for the situation where firstname and lastname need > to be retrieved indepently, that can be handled. And this could also > handle the "called name" or "common name" concept as well. Plus this part could be not a part but something else like nickname or phonetique name etc. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names > > > > PS: I'm willing to work on this once an agreement will be reached. > > > So am I. Let me know how I can help. For now, I'm just missing where/why the lastname is used in GNU Health. -- Cédric Krier - B2CK SPRL Email/Jabber: [email protected] Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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