- From: Len Bullard <len.bullard@uai.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:34:31 -0500
- To: public-xg-socialweb@w3.org
It's a problem for us in Puerto Rico where two last names are common and the standards they chose for messaging are decidedly US centric. Everything can be adapted until one hits the certification tests. Then the bureaucracy is decidedly unresponsive. len From: public-xg-socialweb-request@w3.org [mailto:public-xg-socialweb-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Norman Gray Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:22 AM To: Dan Brickley Cc: public-xg-socialweb@w3.org; foaf-dev Friend of a; chaals@opera.com; tandm@xanadu.net Subject: Re: [foaf-dev] SocialWeb anti-pattern wiki? today's annoyance: name too long/short/weird to fit Greetings. On 2009 Oct 18, at 11:32, Dan Brickley wrote: > not everyone understands 'first name' as meaning the same > thing, and that the rule "all first names must have 5 < x < 20 chars" > makes no more sense in Croydon than in China. And just in case anyone is rash enough to think that that's all there is to i18n, there's an entertaining discussion of names at <http://blog.jclark.com/2007/12/thai-personal-names.html > Norman -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.
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