tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post7284478927590304129..comments2024-03-07T23:20:49.790-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Name Conventions for Online DatabasesJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-63021560849076914342012-08-23T20:53:45.196-07:002012-08-23T20:53:45.196-07:00Nice article, I have seen many systems where namin...Nice article, I have seen many systems where naming choices are poor and incomplete; usually, a mixture of implementation from various people. It's tough enough to reverse engineer another person's code, never mind when there a dozen people with their hands in there. Develop a good convention and stick with it—be sensible, because if you make your convention too complex, it will be difficult to be consistent in the long run, and it will be impossible to enforce its use among other people. <a href="http://www.bharatbook.com" rel="nofollow">Research Reports </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975162102390768326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-76565696630461390452012-08-14T09:49:58.097-07:002012-08-14T09:49:58.097-07:00James, very well said. Cultural biases abound.
W...James, very well said. Cultural biases abound.<br /><br />What about Norwegian farm names? There is no way to tag them in the present format except by explanation - and so many records are under those names.<br /><br />Especially egregious is "• If you do not know a mother’s or wife’s name, enter Mrs. in the Title field and the husband's last name. If you know her maiden name, enter it instead. Do not enter a first name."<br /><br />This is a totally ridiculous manifestation of cultural bias. The instruction will add a million "Mrs. Smiths" with no discernible purpose except possibly conformation with a particular Church premise.<br /><br />So what about when you know the mother but not the male parent? In most Western European languages there is no equivalent for "Mrs." that means "consort of" or "husband of." The fixation on Leave-It-To-Beaver families must be eradicated. In the forms for a child's parents, they insist on "husband" and "wife" labels. Tsk.<br /><br />Oh, and there's a big bug. If you go to "add spouse" to a person already entered with one or more children but no entered 2nd parent for them, the system automatically adds the children to the new spouse. Ridiculous.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-58111946396606381442012-08-12T17:09:00.453-07:002012-08-12T17:09:00.453-07:00Indeed it does!
Andy Hatchett
www.fhiso.orgIndeed it does!<br /><br />Andy Hatchett<br />www.fhiso.orgAndrew Hatchetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791173665435280734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-32984090695548889922012-08-12T15:07:22.611-07:002012-08-12T15:07:22.611-07:00Hopefully FHISO (http://fhiso.org) has this on the...Hopefully FHISO (http://fhiso.org) has this on their plans for a Genealogical standard.Alexnoreply@blogger.com