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

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

Bruce D'Arcus writes:
 > I would never include a full "middle" name in a record, because I have=20=
 > 
 > never seen an academic uses anything but an initial.  So I would never,=20=
 > 
 > in fact, need to have such a thing initialized.
 > 

I'm sure we'll find that odd journal that spells out the middle names
if we really want it. I simply don't understand why it is so
intriguing to not use proper markup to separate and classify the name
parts. RIS can't do it any better, but XML can.

regards,
Markus

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