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- Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:06:57 +0000
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I18N-ISSUE-71: clarify culturally-linked references to name position [Contacts API] http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/71 Raised by: Addison Phillips On product: Contacts API Section 4.4.1 http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/contacts/#idl-def-ContactName WG Approved: No. The section on contactName attributes contains references such as: -- familyName of type DOMString, nullable This attribute contains the family name (also referred to as the last name) of this Contact. -- The family name is not always the "last name". In some cultures it appears first, for example. Please clarify these cultural references. I would suggest: "This attribute contains the family name (which is also referred to, in some cultures, as the surname or last name) of this Contact." Note: this comment also applies to "givenName" ("first name"). As a general observation, it would be useful to provide more international examples of names. "Mr. Joe Smith Jr." is not fully indicative of the richness of people's names.
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