Hi there,
I was forwarded a development thread from the 389 DS project [0]. They are considering updating their default representation of user identities away from givenName-surname to "legalName" and "displayName".
Right now, by default users have a givenName and mandatory surname, but that isn't really suitable for many cultures where it's not that simple, or people who only have one name. There are also cases where people don't need or want to be identified by their legal name, for example, divorcees or trans people who haven't had a name change, or people who need to hide their identity.
So, instead of givenName + surname, they want to change the default to have 'displayName' and an optional 'legalName' instead. Legal name would be your full name, no matter what length or format or ordering; display name would be how you want your name to show up around the system.
I think it would be great if we could show support for this change either on the mailing list thread [0], or by contacting the developers directly.
Hope you're having a lovely day, Charelle.
[0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-devel@list s.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/
On 01/09/2018 10:58 PM, Charelle Collett wrote:
Hi there,
I was forwarded a development thread from the 389 DS project [0]. They are considering updating their default representation of user identities away from givenName-surname to "legalName" and "displayName".
Right now, by default users have a givenName and mandatory surname, but that isn't really suitable for many cultures where it's not that simple, or people who only have one name. There are also cases where people don't need or want to be identified by their legal name, for example, divorcees or trans people who haven't had a name change, or people who need to hide their identity.
So, instead of givenName + surname, they want to change the default to have 'displayName' and an optional 'legalName' instead. Legal name would be your full name, no matter what length or format or ordering; display name would be how you want your name to show up around the system.
I think it would be great if we could show support for this change either on the mailing list thread [0], or by contacting the developers directly.
Hope you're having a lovely day, Charelle.
[0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-devel@lists.fedoraproject.... https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/
Hi Charelle, thanks for raising this to our attention.
Looking at the thread, I see overwhelming support for the feature, as well as helpful UI/UX feedback added by Máirín. We'll keep an eye on the thread, but from my POV, I have nothing more to add.
Let us know if you need any other help with this.
I think we can write article about it to publicize this change enough. Thanks Charelle for sharing.
Regards, AMita
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 8:12 PM, Justin W. Flory jflory7@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/09/2018 10:58 PM, Charelle Collett wrote:
Hi there,
I was forwarded a development thread from the 389 DS project [0]. They are considering updating their default representation of user identities away from givenName-surname to "legalName" and "displayName".
Right now, by default users have a givenName and mandatory surname, but that isn't really suitable for many cultures where it's not that simple, or people who only have one name. There are also cases where people don't need or want to be identified by their legal name, for example, divorcees or trans people who haven't had a name change, or people who need to hide their identity.
So, instead of givenName + surname, they want to change the default to have 'displayName' and an optional 'legalName' instead. Legal name would be your full name, no matter what length or format or ordering; display name would be how you want your name to show up around the
system.
I think it would be great if we could show support for this change either on the mailing list thread [0], or by contacting the developers directly.
Hope you're having a lovely day, Charelle.
[0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/389-devel@
lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/
lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IEC7IMLLD6D5S3DIC463IR6CT5JRNQTG/>
Hi Charelle, thanks for raising this to our attention.
Looking at the thread, I see overwhelming support for the feature, as well as helpful UI/UX feedback added by Máirín. We'll keep an eye on the thread, but from my POV, I have nothing more to add.
Let us know if you need any other help with this.
-- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7@gmail.com
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