Op donderdag 10 maart 2005 13:48, schreef Karsten Hilbert: > > There are no fixed patterns for names or naming conventions. > > There are many societies where there are no 'Family' names at > > all. Some have Tribe names in lieu, some with father's or > > village name as 'names' somewhere wedged in the name string. > > Some with just unique names with nothing else. To add to this > > confusion you would then have to find sub-components for nick > > names and aliases. > > Yes, the whole gamut :-) > > In GnuMed we deal with it like this:
Where do you put initials and how do you qualify them as such so they can be recognized in an automated process. regards Bert Verhees > > person: > title > name: > lastnames > firstnames > preferred > > Eg. a person can have any number of name records. Only one of > them can be active, eg the "valid" one at any one time, eg the > one being displayed in the EMR after the patient is called up. > > Each name record consists of lastnames, firstnames and > preferred name. > > Lastnames is akin to "major name", eg a "group identifier" > (family, tribe, village, you name it). > > Firstnames is a collection of "minor names" all in one string, > eg the identifier within the group. > > Preferred is a name the person wants to go by such as a > nickname, warrior name, etc. > > Notice that title is a property of person, not of name ! > > Karsten -- Met vriendelijke groet Bert Verhees ROSA Software - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
