8. SCOPE NOTES
903 Name
Definition:
The name of one person or organisation or unit as defined in field 902 Counting Unit.
Guidelines:
Use the Guidelines for Recording the Names of Persons. 17 Add clarifying notes as necessary for
nicknames, rank, title, codename, alias or acronym. Person names must be unique. If two or
more individuals or groups have the same name, add the numeral 2 or 3 etc. after the second
and subsequent full names. If a Person has another name, such as the name used before
marriage, use field 904 Other Names to enter such.
Entry:
Enter family name and given names or initials. Enter title, rank, nickname, codename, alias
names or acronyms in the clarifying notes.
Examples:
Dr. Jamil R.I. Mattar (commonly called Abu Ibrahim)
Entry: Mattar, Jamil R.I. : Dr., Abu Ibrahim
Abdul Rahman (a motor mechanic) and Abdul Rahman (a teacher)
Entries: Rahman, Abdul
Rahman, Abdul 2
The organisation: Children and Human Rights (acronym CHR)
Entry: Children and Human Rights : CHR
Major Zheng Qiungqi
Entry: Zheng Qiungqi : Major
Captain Alfredo Manuel Alonso, nicknamed The Knife
Entry: Alonso, Alfredo Manuel : Captain, The Knife
Residents of Termoco Village
Entry: Termoco Village residents
904 Other Names
Definition:
Other names used by the person or organisation or unit as defined in field 902 Counting Unit.
For instance, a person' s name could change after marriage.
Guidelines:
Use the Guidelines for Recording the Names of Persons. 18
17
The guidelines are available from HURIDOCS. One reference source is Dueck, Judith, and Aída
María Noval. "Supporting Document A." HURIDOCS Standard Formats: Supporting Documents.
Oslo: HURIDOCS, 1993. 2-24.
18
Ibid.
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