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Re: people CN

Thomas Lenggenhager <lenggenhager@gate.switch.ch> Thu, 26 November 1992 09:39 UTC

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To: Ruenzler Walter <Walter.Ruenzler@zh014.ubs.ubs.ch>
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In-Reply-To: <"3319 Thu Nov 26 07:29:39 1992"@zh014.ubs.ubs.ch>
Subject: Re: people CN

Walter Ruenzler wrote:
> We use NumId only in the case it is really needed (For the 2'nd, or
> 3'rd person with the same name).
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> If we have 2 Bruno Keller than the 1'st is:
> Keller Bruno
> and the 2'nd is
> Keller Bruno I

Why don't you use numeric Ids?
It would make it clearer that this is an artifical numbering and
not a generational qualifier.

Wouldn't it be better to just skip the '1' and use for the second the '2'?

Thomas

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