[TYPO3-v4] Personal names and fields in TYPO3

[Oliver Hader]

Hey Jigal,

Am 14.08.11 20:47, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
> Hi,
> 
> One of Xavier's (re)tweets brought an interesting article to my
> attention [1].
> 
> After reading this article it seems we need a completely different setup
> for personal names:
> 
> - full name (How should we address you in direct communication?)
> - sorting name (Which part(s) of your name should be used for sorting?)
> - formal name (Your name if it's displayed in a formal context)
> - informal name (Your name if it's displayed in an informal context)
> - preferred context (Do you prefer formal or informal form of your name?)
> 
> TYPO3 is used in very different languages and people in those languages
> have very different naming schemes.
> This will give a possibility to cover all naming schemes, give a way to
> sort names in various languages correctly and address people in the
> correct way.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names

Makes sense... besides that some years ago there was the Party
Information Framework that also implemented an OASIS standard for
"naming schemes" (and besides that to define relations between persons,
companies ... parties in general).

http://wiki.typo3.org/Party_Information_Framework

Cheers,
Olly
-- 
Oliver Hader
TYPO3 v4 Core Team Leader

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