Re: [uf-discuss] split full names
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... Regards, Nick. -- Nick Fitzsimons http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/ ___ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
Re: [uf-discuss] split full names
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 microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
Re: [uf-discuss] split full names
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 microformats-discuss@microformats.org 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 microformats-discuss@microformats.org 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 microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
