>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce D'Arcus <[log in to unmask]> writes: Bruce> OK, I was playing with a solution to initialized names earlier. Bruce> Logic is: Bruce> All given names have their own nameParts. Bruce> If such namePart only contains one character, it is understood Bruce> to be initialized. Bruce> If not, it is not initialized. Bruce> Is that generalizable? Scope question: Is MODS intended to work with non-Roman languages? Single-character Chinese names would break this logic. Tod A. Olson <[log in to unmask]> "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. Sr. Programmer / Analyst "If you weren't mad, you wouldn't have The University of Chicago Library come here," said the Cat.