I like the separation between "family name" and "other names" (which I
think is a better description of the process) because it gets us around
issues of "display form." So for those cultures where the family name is
given first ("Mao Tse-Tung") displays can reflect that when it is coded
correctly. There should be, however, a "catchall" data element (undivided
name) for those times when you cannot correctly parse the name into these
two divisions. I think it is better to leave the data element as you found
it than to parse it incorrectly. For the OpenURL metadata we did leave
ourselves a general "unparsed name" for just those times.
kc
At 09:59 AM 9/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>In UNIMARC, you could distinguish the firstname and the famillyname :
>
>see http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/p1996-1/uni7.htm#700
>700 #1$aOrwell,$bGeorge
>
>in MODS, i think it's like in MARC21, you always write NAME like this :
>"surname, firstname"
>
><name type="personal">
> <namePart>Alterman, Eric.</namePart>
></name>
>
>it should be fine to have something like this (example taken from DocBook):
>
><name type="personal">
> <firstname>George</firstname>
> <surname>Orwell</surname>
></name>
>
><name type="personal">
> <firstname>Yves</firstname>
> <surname>Pratter</surname>
> <email>[log in to unmask]</email>
></name>
>
>Thank you.
>
>Yves
