[Refdb-users] Re: The case against <middlename>

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Marc Herbert writes:
 > Thanks for supporting my argument with this excellent exemple ! :-)

My pleasure. But don't forget that this argument does not turn against
me as I'm not asking for middle names (I don't have one myself). It's
the publishers that ask for it.

 > I am NOT=A0asking to remove the concept of <middlename> down to every
 > refdb line code: I am just suggesting to postpone this concept to the
 > rendering stage, so it does not spoil the data model.
 > 

It does not spoil the data model to use a human brain for the parsing
of names. An unparsed name string is spoilt data.

regards,
Markus

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