> > From: J. McRee Elrod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 ianuarie 2008 18:56 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Direct vs. inverted display of names > > > > Dan Matel said: > > > > >IMHO it should read "Jim Jones" (only). > > > > So if the name is "Jim Smith Jones" how do you know whether the > > surname in "Jones" or "Smith Jones"? Of course *we* would know by > Bold, upercase, different colour, bigger font ?
The comma is not an universal convention. In my culture, for instance, it is not (except the library village). > In Romania, I am usually called "Dan Matei". I am called "MATEI Dan" only in school and in the army (maybe in prison too . No comma. > Dan Matei
