Re: bibliographic issues

From: Alf Eaton <alf_at_hubmed.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:16:08 +0200

On 03 Aug 2005, at 14:58, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> <Person>
> <knownAs xml:lang="en">
> <usageScope><!-- not sure, but I like it --></usageScope>
> <forename>John</forename>
> </surname>Doe</surname>
> </knownAs>
> </Person>

I much prefer to use 'given name' and 'family name', in whatever
context. I find forename, surname, first name and last name to be
very confusing for people who often write their names the other way
round to English (eg in France).

alf.
Received on Wed Aug 03 2005 - 13:13:04 EDT

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