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- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400
- From: whyman@mwassocs.demon.co.uk (Tony Whyman)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!mwassocs.demon.co.uk!whyman
- Subject: Re: The "I" field
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- References: <1993Jan10.120626.11429W@lumina.edb.tih.no>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:08:11 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan10.120626.11429W@lumina.edb.tih.no> ketil@edb.tih.no writes:
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- >I didn't take time to read the entire X.400, so I may have overlooked
- >something. X.402, 18.3.12 c) identifies "the initials of all his names
- >but his surname" as an optional piece of information out of the four
- >that makes up a personal-name. So it looks as if - in principle - the
- >initial of the Givenname should be included.
- >
- The clause is not as precisely written as it could be. The text reads:
-
- "The value of a personal-name comprises the following four pieces of
- information, the first mandatory, the others optional:
-
- a) The person's surname
-
- b) The person's given name
-
- c) The initials of all his names, but his surname.
-
- d) His generation (e.g. "Jr")."
-
- As it stands, it an undeniably sexist and WASP view of the world, and probably
- ought to be challenged. However, the statement is clear as it stands. It is
- the INITIALS parameter that is optional, but if present, the requirement is
- clear - all the initials except the last.
-
- This is not a trivial discussion. Implementors should validate O/R Addresses
- for correctness. It is a good way of checking for errors and avoiding
- mis-delivery. I would expect many implementations (including MTAs) to check
- the above, and to invalidate O/R Addresses that include both a Given Name
- and Initials, and to non-deliver when the first letter of the initials is
- not the same as the first letter of the given name.
-
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