[LCA2019 Chat] possible BOF session, storing genders in databases

[Robert Collins]

Do you actually want / need gender? Perhaps a pronoun.is link would be
sufficient, and intrinsically extendible.

Rob

On Tue., 22 Jan. 2019, 12:28 Daniel Sobey <dns at dns.id.au wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> The project i'm involved in is musicbrainz.org as an editor.
> Musicbrainz is a database of Artists, Releases and recordings etc.
> The data is openly licensed and there is a public api.
>
> One thing that has come up in our community is we currently have 4 options
> for gender: Male, Female, Other, and Not Applicable.
> Members of our community have pointed that is not enough options so we are
> discussing what to do next.
> If people have advice on what other groups and organisations are doing and
> if there is someone that we can look to as a reference.
>
> I would like to meet up with people for Lunch, dinner or for $BEVERAGE
> over the next few days.
> Please email me off list, ping me on twitte @nerdsniping or sip extension
> 43092
> If there is interest I'd like to organise a bof sesion during lunch on
> Friday.
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
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