- From: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:43:29 +0100
- CC: public-device-apis@w3.org, public-i18n-core@w3.org
You may find the following document useful in this respect. It is (when I can find a spare moment) still being edited (ie. some bits will change) before being sent out for wide review and comment, but it is advanced enough to provide some useful information. http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names Hope that provides useful background, though it doesn't go far in suggesting solutions. RI On 04/07/2011 21:06, Internationalization Core Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: > > 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. > > > > -- Richard Ishida Internationalization Activity Lead W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) http://www.w3.org/International/ http://rishida.net/ Register for the W3C MultilingualWeb Workshop! Limerick, 21-22 September 2011 http://multilingualweb.eu/register
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