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> So what is the solution now? The solution on Machine-Readable Passport is that everyone has a surname and one or more given names, using only A-Z characters,
by cabalamat 8y ago
> So what is the solution now?
The solution on Machine-Readable Passport is that everyone has a surname and one or more given names, using only A-Z characters, for a total of 39 characters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-readable_passport
Everyone who travels internationally has a name in this format, even if they have other names for other purposes as well.
I would suggest for a lot of software, the name in Machine-Readable Passport format, plus another field "How would you like to be addressed" allowing any unicode characters, would satisfy most requirements.
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 8y agoNow you assume everyone travels internationally (and that assumes they travel with a passport, not necessarily true for instance in the EU), or even remembers how their name was botched by this format.
- cabalamat 8y ago> Now you assume everyone travels internationally I'm not making that assumption. I'm saying that in terms of all the directions that name-processing and name-recording software are pulled in, it's a compromise that works for many purposes. It isn't perfect, and I'm sure some people can come up with edge cases where other data formats might work better.