# Presentation: 469649

## Person Name Prefix CodeUpdate

**Person Name Prefix Code****Update**

**Mary Cooper, SAIC**
**NCI Content Administrators**
**7/16/2007**

## Components for Standardization

- Person Name Prefix – New DEC
- Reuse DCP VDs with modifications to harmonize
- 		- Military/PHS ranks (uniformed services)
- 		- Master

- New CDE – Person Prefix Name Code
- New Template CDE – [Object Class] Prefix Name Code
- Present to VCDE as standard CDE maintenance

## Recommendation DetailsPerson Name Prefix Code

_**Person Name Prefix**_
**New DEC 2663163v1.0**
- Object = Person (C25190)
- Property = Name (C25191)
- Prop. Qualifier = Prefix (C54066)
- Definition:  An affix occurring before the
- beginning of a word or group of words
- indicating the identity of a person.

_**Person Name Prefix Code**_
- Public ID 2179427v3.0
- Representation Term: Code (C25162)
- Definition:  The codes that describes the title
- that precedes an individual's name.
- Data Type = Character
- Max length = 20
***Reused from DCP***

_**Person Prefix Name Code**_
**New CDE 2663165v1.0**
- Definition:  The code that describes an affix occurring before the beginning of a word or group of words for the title that precedes an individual's name.

## Recommendation DetailsPerson Prefix Name Code Permissible Values(for non-military titles)

| Permissible Value | Value Meaning | Concept Code | Value Meaning Description (proposed) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bish. | Bishop  |   | A courtesy title for a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry. |
| Br. | Brother |  C48648 | A courtesy title for a member of a religious order, fraternity, movement, or other group. |
| Ch. | Chaplain  |   | A courtesy title for an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit.  |
| Dr. | Physician/
Doctor (Alt. Name) |  C25741 | A courtesy title for a person who has been educated, trained, and licensed to practice the art and science of medicine. (Alt. Definition) |
| Fr. | Father (Form of Address) |   | A courtesy title of reverence, as for church dignitaries, officers of monasteries, monks, confessors, and especially priests. |
| Master | Master |   | A courtesy title for a boy or young man (used chiefly as a term of address).  |
| Miss | Miss |   | A courtesy title of respect for an unmarried woman. |
| Mrs. | Missus  |   | A courtesy title of respect prefixed to the name of a married woman. |
| Ms. | Ms  |  | A courtesy title of respect prefixed to a woman's name or position: unlike Miss or Mrs., it does not depend upon or indicate her marital status.  |
| Prof. | Professor |  | A courtesy title for a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university. |
| R. | Rabbi |  | A courtesy title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher.  |
| Rev. | Reverend |  | A courtesy title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order. |
| Sis. | Sister | C48649 | A courtesy title for a member of a religious order, fraternity, movement, the nursing profession, or other group. |

**Notes:**
There are many names for Islamic Leaders:  Caliph (leader of the Ummah), Imam (leader), Ayatollah (high title for Shia), Mawlana (Sufi masters), Mullah (studied Islamic cleric)...Use cases from the Content Group and VCDE SMEs?

## Recommendation DetailsPerson Prefix Name Code Permissible Values(for US uniformed service ranks)

**Rank and Pay Grades are interconnected in meaning**
**Written address with rank as presented**
**Spoken – dependent on situation/occasion**
**Army and Navy/Coast Guard abbreviate rank all capitals (CPT)**
**Air Force and Marines use mixed case with periods (Capt.) for officers and without periods for enlisted (CMSgt) **
**Includes Officers and Enlisted ranks**
**Recommendation in Excel Spreadsheet**
**Sources – Department of Defense and US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps**

## Discussion

- Questions
- Next Steps
- VCDE Small Group Review