[TYPO3-v4] Personal names and fields in TYPO3

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 23-8-2011 14:32, Martin Kutschker wrote:
> Am 14.08.2011 20:47, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
>> 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:
>
> Where? But anyway I agree that a simple "name" field or even a
> "first/last name" pair of fields is
> adequate only for simple use cases.

Where? Any place where we use personal information. It's in fe_users, 
be_users, tt_address, etc. But I also cross-posted the first post to the 
general v.5. list because that will most likely also contain a record 
type for persons.

Instead of going again towards storing details about all possible parts 
of someone's name it seems more logical to just store the data for the 
various -- most used -- functions.

>> - full name (How should we address you in direct communication?)
>
> Like "Dear Mr. Robertson" (letter) or like "Mr. Peter Robertson" (postal address)?

Because TYPO3 is used for websites it will most likely be used for 
letters (e-mails, etc.). But you have a point that there is often a 
(subtle) difference between the two.

> I think it really depend on the application if there is a need for this kind of detail.

True, I was just writing down thoughts and trying to trigger a discussion...

-- 
Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,

Jigal van Hemert.