<div dir="ltr"><div>IF the Organization an Individual descriptions are important to you please review the following proposed changes in <a href="http://mantis.ddialliance.org">http://mantis.ddialliance.org</a> and send your comments back to the list ASAP. </div>
<div> </div><div>I have gone through the two issues related to Organization and Individual.</div><div> </div><div>Issue 567 noted that the date tag EffectivePeriod was too high in the content hierarchy to allow for effective changes over time and the fact that some pieces of information like email address were likely to be multiple and have different overlapping EffectivePeriods. The changes proposed in note 1516 effectively move that EffectiveDate down into the component parts and moves country and GeographicPoint into the Address.</div>
<div> </div><div>Issue 554 indicates that the loss of "Nickname" was problematic. In addressing this problem the assumption was made that it was the need to differentiate a "formal" name for other formats that was important. The term "Nickname" was initially removed as it is idiosyncratic and many users didn't know what it was. The proposed revision allows for capturing a Formal name (with effective date) as well as any number of additional names with TypeOfXxxName tags and effective dates.</div>
<div> </div><div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></div><div>Wendy L. Thomas Phone: +1 612.624.4389</div><div>Data Access Core Director Fax: +1 612.626.8375</div><div>Minnesota Population Center Email: <a href="mailto:wlt@umn.edu" target="_blank">wlt@umn.edu</a></div>
<div>University of Minnesota</div><div>50 Willey Hall</div><div>225 19th Avenue South</div><div>Minneapolis, MN 55455</div>
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