Re: [docbook] Rename firstname and surname?

[Robin Cover <robin@oasis-open.org>]

+1

I spent all of 12 minutes surveying the territory again,
using online (Wikipedia) sources and other available resources:

"first" and "sur" don't quite get the job done from a
multi-cultural POV. Most of the names belonging to living
persons (arguably?) don't submit to that description.
"given" and "family" come a lot closer, if we have to use
just two descriptors.

Robin Cover

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On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote:

> Le 2007-08-09 09:15:56 -0400, Norman Walsh écrivait :
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've now received (at least) two separate suggestions that we rename
> > firstname to givenname and surname to familyname. Most recently, here:
> >
> > http://norman.walsh.name/2007/05/23/docbook50CR4#comment0001
> >
> > If there's community support for this, V5.0 is the time to do it.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> That would be a most welcome change. I always find these tags names
> slightly confusing. Givenname and Familyname would be a lot better.
>
> --
> Jean-Philippe Guérard
> http://tigreraye.org
>
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