From c7b0ed279d9c7c4373a70de668c65f4bae99df5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "github-actions[bot]" <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 14:03:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update extracted files (#502) Co-authored-by: Luther Tychonievich --- extracted-files/tags/NICK | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/extracted-files/tags/NICK b/extracted-files/tags/NICK index 6d2d53f..1e90539 100644 --- a/extracted-files/tags/NICK +++ b/extracted-files/tags/NICK @@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ standard tag: NICK specification: - Nickname - - A descriptive or familiar name that is used instead of, or in addition to, - one’s proper name. + - | + A descriptive or familiar name that is used instead of, or in addition to, + one’s official or legal name. + +
+ + The label "nickname" and description text of this structure were introduced + with version 5.5 in 1996, but are understood differently by different users. + Some use `NICK` only for names that would be inappropriate in formal settings. + Some use it for pseudonyms regardless of where they are used. Some use it for + any variant of a name that is not the one used on legal documents. Because all + of these uses, and likely others as well, are common in existing data, no + further clarification of the meaning of the `NICK` structure is possible + without contradicting some existing data. + +
label: 'Nickname'