Keyword(s): qa-personal-names

Personennamen aus aller Welt (Personal names around the world)

Angabe der Sprache in HTML (Declaring language in HTML)

Stylen anhand von Sprachattributen (Styling using language attributes)

Kennzeichnung der Sprache von Linkzielen (Indicating the language of a link destination)

Warum man Sprachattribute verwenden sollte (Why use the language attribute?)

Unicode-Steuerzeichen vs. Markup für bidirektionalen Text (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

Verwendung von Unicode-Steuerzeichen für bidirektionalen Text (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)

HTML-Seiten in arabischer, hebräischer und anderen von rechts nach links geschriebenen Schriften erstellen (Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts)

Umgang mit Sprachangaben in HTML (Working with language in HTML)

These articles were translated into German thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann.

Ukrainian:

Використання <select> для Посилання на Локалізований Контент (Using <select> to Link to Localized Content)

Запровадження Багатомовної Веб Адреси (An Introduction to Multilingual Web Addresses)

Налаштування відображення мови за допомогою Apache MultiViews (Apache MultiViews language negotiation set up)

Особисті імена в різних мовах світу (Personal names around the world)

Russian:

Использование <select> для Ссылания на Локализованный Контент (Using <select> to Link to Localized Content)

Введение Многоязычного Веб Адреса (An Introduction to Multilingual Web Addresses)

Настройка отображения языка с помощью Apache MultiViews (Apache MultiViews language negotiation set up)

Личные имена в разных языках мира (Personal names around the world)

These articles were translated thanks to Alexandr Shlapak.

Noms de personnes à travers le monde (Personal names around the world)

This article was translated into French thanks to Stéphane Deschamps.

How do people’s names differ around the world, and what are the implications of those differences on the design of forms, databases, ontologies, etc. for the Web?

People who create web forms, databases, or ontologies are often unaware how different people’s names can be in other countries. They build their forms or databases in a way that assumes too much on the part of foreign users. This article introduces you first to some of the different styles used for personal names, and then some of the possible implications for handling those on the Web.

Read the article.

By Richard Ishida, W3C.

Comments are being sought on the article Personal names around the world prior to final release. This article addresses the question “How do people’s names differ around the world, and what are the implications of those differences on the design of forms, ontologies, etc. for the Web?”.

Please send any comments to www-international@w3.org (subscribe) by 7th August.

By Richard Ishida, W3C.