Re: [vwrap] Removing first name / last name assumptions?

[Joshua Bell <[e-mail]>]

Speaking for Linden:

(1) For the purposes of VWRAP interop, it is acceptable to us to assume that
a human readable agent identifier ("name") for Second Life can be coerced to
and from a single string field. Today, SL firstname/lastname pairs are
constrained to a subset of ASCII that disallows characters such as periods
and spaces. Therefore, as has been mentioned, it is possible today to
unambiguously encode an SL name as (firstname + "." + lastname) or
(firstname + " " + lastname).

(2) As mentioned at
https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2010/01/03/happy-new-year-looking-backlooking-ahead
and
at
https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2010/01/22/will-the-real-you-please-stand-up
Linden
is investigating modifications to "names" in SL. However, it is too early to
comment on any details at this time.

(3) That said, the investigative work for (2) is being done with the
benefits of (1) held firmly in mind. (As with practically anything in the
biz, this statement is not a contract or guarantee.)

Therefore, from Linden's perspective, we can live with the proposed
simplified requirements of a single string. If it becomes necessary to
revisit that in the future we'll raise it.