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

[Bruce D'A. <bd...@fa...>]

On Dec 11, 2003, at 3:41 PM, Markus Hoenicka wrote:

> Does anyone have real-life examples of names along the lines of
> "F. John Smith" in a journal that uses full first and initialized
> middle names? This would indeed be the best proof why first and middle
> names (or whatever you call them) need to be distinguishable.

This business is all a non-issue for me.  In my data, I always 
initialize middle names, because a) I never know the full middle names, 
and b) I cannot *ever* imagine using -- nor do I recall ever seeing -- 
a full middle name in any bibliographic entry, regardless of the style.

With respect to the above, while I don't have a real world example at 
hand, I would expect to see this in the bib entry:

	Smith, F. John

In essence, "F. John" is the first/given name.  If anything, this 
supports the argument against middle names, I think.

BTW, v3 of MODS adds a new type attribute: termOfAddress.  Example:

<name type="personal">
	<namePart type="termOfAddress">Sir</namePart>
	<namePart type="given">Arthur</namePart>
	<namePart type="family">Conan Doyle</namePart>
</name>

Bruce