Policy-Discussion

[Evaldo Gardenali <evaldo AT gardenali.biz>]

Hi

During the meeting, we came to the fact that currently we don't have a
policy regarding names. I think we would need one, because I know or
heard about the following situations:

- Countries that have strict matching on First Name and Last Name
- Countries that have strict matching on First Name, Middle Names, Last Name
- Countries that allow you to have 20 first names to choose from at
appropriate times
- Countries that allow people to have a single name (a first conclusion
would be that first name = last name, but it shouldnt appear twice
- Countries that have fuzzy matching on First Name (so if you abbreviate
from "Foobarblahblahblah" to "Foozie" its okay, provided that its usual
to do so)

I have heard some more, but cant remember right now... maybe I will add
here.

I would like ideas regarding CAcert policy for names, so we can actually
serve people without creating more problems than we already have, and
eventually solving some.

Kind Regards
Evaldo Gardenali