2014-11-25 14:09 GMT+01:00 Friedrich Volkmann <[email protected]>: > On 24.11.2014 22:54, fly wrote: > > Do we recommend any order ? youngest to oldest ? > > name=<most common name> > alt_name=<second most common name>;<third most common name>;... > > ...because data consumers certainly use these in the same order. Two > examples: > > 1) Rendering: Say, there's space for one alternative name in parentheses. > The renderer may take the shortest value, and in case of equal length, it > takes the first. > > 2) Reporting: Someone generates a list of cities, with one column for the > name, and 2 columns for alternative names. The script takes the first 2 > values and throws away the others.
+1 How this can be a big or controversial issue, beats me. -- Guttorm
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