Hi Chad,
We generally try to follow Getty ULAN rules for cataloging primary constituents and alternate names; there’s a few sections pertinent to your inquiry:
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/guidelines/ulan_3_3_names_terms.html

I don’t think we’ve come across the need to catalog the same name differently as an alternate name. What’s the purpose for your use of it?
Happy new year!
Ming


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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 1:42 PM
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Subject: Constituent Alternate Names

I hope everyone had a happy holiday!!

I'm curious for your thoughts about how to record surnames which include articles and prepositionals within the alternate names of the Constituents module. Below is an example of three variations on a name; the first, last and sort names are different from one another, but the display strings are all the same.

<AlternateNames>
<name>
    <display>Jan Van der Marck</display>
    <sort>Van der Marck, Jan</sort>
    <first>Jan</first>
    <last>Van der Marck</last>
</name>
<name>
    <display>Jan van Der Marck</display>
    <sort>Der Marck, Jan van</sort>
    <first>Jan van</first>
    <last>Der Marck</last>
</name>
<name>
    <display>Jan van der Marck</display>
    <sort>Marck, Jan van der</sort>
    <first>Jan van der</first>
    <last>Marck</last>
</name>
</AlternateNames>

If an end user were to open up the Alternate Names control in the Constituent record, they would understand why the same name has been repeated. But I am concerned that end users will not understand why there are three versions in the ConXref drop down, and will have a hard time selecting one (or will not be consistent).

Does anyone else have this issue, and if so how have you addressed it?

~Chad


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