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One way is to use a context-driven mechanism at runtime that "applies" the proper set of elements according to the context of (in this case) country of origin. Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World jcowan@r... wrote: > > Jonathan Borden scripsit: > > > <person.name> > > <given>John</given> > > <given>William</given> > > <family>Smith</family> > > <suffix>Jr.</suffix> > > </person.name> > > The components of person.name given by your schema are given, middle, > family, prefix, and suffix. How do you map names like "Abu Ali al-Husain > ibn Abdallah ibn Sina" (alias "Avicenna"), or "Karen Ingridsdottir", > where "Ingridsdottir" is *not* a family name? Is "Suharto" a given name? > And do components appear in display order, as it appears here, and if so, > how do you determine what the sort order is ("Smith, John William" for > John, "Karen Ingridsdottir" for Karen, and who-knows-what for Avicenna)? > > These are serious questions, not sarcasm. > > -- > "Do I contradict myself? John Cowan > Very well then, I contradict myself. jcowan@r... > I am large, I contain multitudes. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan > --Walt Whitman, _Leaves of Grass_ http://www.reutershealth.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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