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Re: Schema fragments for everyday stuff


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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
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