Nametaulukossa

Nametaulukossa is a Finnish IT term describing the data container that stores names and related metadata in information systems. It refers to a table or sheet used to identify entities such as people or organizations by name. The word nametaulukko means “name table,” and nametaulukossa is the form used when speaking of the table in Finnish (for example, “nametaulukossa olevat tiedot” = the data in the name table).

A nametaulukko typically includes an identifier and several name-related fields. Common columns are id (unique key), givenName or first_name, surname or last_name, displayName, fullName, nameType (legal, alias, nickname), language or locale, script, transliteration, and optional notes. Some designs separate personal names from organization names, or keep multiple name rows for the same entity to reflect different languages or scripts. Data is often normalized, with a separate entities or persons table and a foreign key to the name table.

Usage: nametaulukossa is used in customer records, user directories, mailing lists, content management, localization resources, and genealogical datasets. It supports features such as multilingual display, searching and sorting by locale, and linking names to identifiers.

Design considerations: ensure Unicode compatibility, handle diacritics, implement consistent name types, manage duplicates, and respect privacy regulations. Indexing on name fields improves search performance; localization requires locale-aware sorting.

Example: In a relational schema, names table columns might include id, entity_id, first_name, last_name, display_name, language, script, name_type, and created_at.