[calsify] Re: JSContact: supporting multiple names?

[Phillip Hallam-Baker <[e-mail]>]

Use of multiple personal names is very common.

Women often change their name on marriage or divorce for a start. And that
means that it can be really hard to track publications. I didn't use my
full surname until college, last thing you want at an English public school
is a double barrelled surname. Actors commonly use stage names and so on.

It is important to distinguish between active names and former names.



On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM Robert Stepanek <rsto=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> During IETF last call for RFC 9553 and also recently, we got notified that
> JSContact does not support to have more than one personal name. This is in
> contrast to vCard, where multiple FN properties are allowed to be set.
>
> We are open to introducing support for multiple names in JSContact, but we
> would first like to understand the requirements. Other than localized
> names, which already are supported in current JSContact, what are the
> situations where someone would have multiple names? How would someone know
> which name to choose to address the contact represented by that card?
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
>
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