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- From: mc/G=Brad/S=Hicks/OU=0205925@mhs.attmail.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: X.400 Name Parsing
- Message-ID: <telecom12.900.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 00:55:09 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 900, Message 5 of 14
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- The X.400 specification has several name fields, including surname"
- and given name. Note that this is =not= last and first name, as
- anybody who's been following the latest dust-up in RISKS can explain.
- The idea is supposed to be that (for small organizations) surname is
- sufficient qualifier to find one person, which is why surname is on
- the mandatory fields list.
-
- In some Latin American countries, the order of the names is usually
- written <given name> <surname> <mother's maiden name>, so if the name
- is Juan Rodriguez Pastor, then Rodrigues is definitely what goes in
- the surname field. So what goes in the given name field? And if you
- have to reconstruct full name from surname and given name, how do you
- do it? (There is an initials field, but it is optional and may be
- insufficient, anyway.)
-
-
- J. Brad Hicks Internet: mc!Brad_Hicks@mhs.attmail.com
- X.400: c=US admd=ATTMAIL prmd=MasterCard sn=Hicks gn=Brad
- I am not an official MasterCard spokesperson, and the message above
- does not contain official MasterCard statements or policies.
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