How microformats handle this in hCards is documented on the Wiki at http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard#Implied_.22n.22_Optimization
It explicitly restricts this fn optimization to two-part names. --Bob. This is what Frances Berriman <[email protected]> said about "Re: [uf-discuss] split full names" on 4 Oct 2007 at 11:09 > On 04/10/2007, Nick Fitzsimons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4 Oct 2007, at 10:31, Thom Shannon wrote: > > > > > This isn't strictly microformats related but I thought a few people > > > on here might have some advice. Is there an accepted reliable way > > > of dividing a full name into given name and family name? > > > > > > Actually I'm sure the short answer is no, but is there a least evil > > > way? > > > > Depends on which cultures you're expecting to encounter: > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name> > > > > FWIW the majority of people in the world are named with their family > > name *before* their given name, assuming that their culture's naming > > convention includes those components in the first place... > > > > > The biggest problem, IIRC, is non-hyphenated double first names, like > Mary Jane Smith or something, where "Mary Jane" is the full first > name. > > > > > -- > Frances Berriman > http://fberriman.com > _______________________________________________ > microformats-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss -- -- -- -- Bob Jonkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sobac.com/sobac/ SOBAC Microcomputer Services Voice: +1-519-669-0388 6 James Street, Elmira ON Canada N3B 1L5 Cel: +1-519-635-9413 Networking -- Office & Business Automation -- Consulting PGP:0xAE33E989 Fingrprnt:9FAF A6AC B567 BC10 8973 7CF0 CB27 0317 _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
