[uf-discuss] vcard fn for name in "A. B. Smith" format

[Brian Suda]

Good Question Andy, you have several potential quirks with the string
"A. B. Smith".

I am assuming 'A' is an abberiviation for a first name? 'B' is a
middle name, and 'Smith' is the last name you can do the following:

First, just like all names in hCard we need to create an 'FN'
container inside a vcard.

<div class="vcard">
<span class="fn">A. B. Smith</span>
</div>
Because your string does not fall into the 'Implied-N' category[1]
this is not enough. We need to explicitly mark-up what each portion of
the string means.

<div class="vcard">
<span class="fn n">
<span class="given-name">A</span>.
<span class="additional-name">B</span>.
<span class="family-name">Smith</span>
</span>
</div>

This gives explicit meaning to all the portions of the name and will
import into your address book just fine, but there is abit more
semantics we can add.

<div class="vcard">
<span class="fn n">
<abbr title="Andy" class="given-name">A</abbr>.
<abbr title="Brian" class="additional-name">B</abbr >.
<span class="family-name">Smith</span>
</span>
</div>

By making the initial abbreviations, it is possible to add more
meaning to the individual letters.

I hope this helps, feel free to add it to the wiki if you think this
will help more people.

Thanks,
-brian

[1] - http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard#Implied_.22n.22_Optimization

On 8/28/06, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>
> I need to mark up a vcard for someone whose name is given as "A. B.
> Smith".
>
> I can't seem to find such an example on the wiki. How should I do so?
>
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