OpenID-simplereg: Split openid.sreg.fullname into .forename and .surname

[Kevin Jardine]

I forgot to mention that the name order is not only an issue in Asia. In 
Hungary, the family name is also written before the given name.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_name

Cheers,
Kevin

Kevin Jardine wrote:
> As a concrete example, in the Netherlands, many people have 
> Tussenvoegsels (eg. "van", "de") which are technically part of the last 
> name, but are not counted as such for sorting. Eg. "Van Dyke" is found 
> under "D" in Dutch phone books.
> 
> In Hong Kong, many people adopt English given names, and the order of 
> the name depends upon the first name. If the given name is an English 
> name, it typically comes first, but if it is Chinese, it typically comes 
> last. There are exceptions, however. Some Chinese citizens prefer to 
> reverse their Chinese names in an international context, and some do not.
> 
> In some countries, eg. Mongolia and parts of Indonesia, people 
> traditionally do not have last names.
> 
> In Iceland, there is something a bit like a last name, but it varies 
> from family member to family member based on gender.
> 
> And so on.
> 
> The "firstname lastname" model is actually restricted only to a few 
> cultures.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin
> 
> Kevin Turner wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 00:15 +0100, dAniel hAhler wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> IMHO it would be better to have separate fields for "First name" and
>>> "Last name" (forename and surename).
>> Names get pretty complicated pretty fast.  Sure, it's just first and
>> last, you say.  But what about middle names?  Multiple middle names?
>> Titles?  Suffixes?  Structure and presentation of names also varies by
>> culture.  That's why we decided the *simple* registration extension
>> would just have one fullname field, and anything with more complex
>> requirements could be served by something not called "simple."
>>
>>
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