Customers should be able to specify their preferred title.
Legal documentation is not required to be produced indicating a name change if only the title is changing.
e.g. If someone requests a change from Ms to Mrs, then this requires no legal documentation indicating this change. See Section 9.
The title is independent of the sex or gender. No validation checks should be made restricting a title to a sex or gender.
A customer should have the ability to specify their own title if they do not believe the supplied list reflects their title.
In looking at what definitions are available on the internet, the following highlights a commonly agreed set of values in HTML:
<select name="title">
<option> - Select Your Title - </option>
<option value="Mr.">Mr.</option>
<option value="Mrs.">Mrs.</option>
<option value="Miss">Miss</option>
<option value="Ms.">Ms.</option>
<option value="Dr.">Dr.</option>
<option value="Prof.">Prof.</option>
<option value="Rev.">Rev.</option>
<option value="Other">Other</option>
</select>
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In the example cited above the organisation left room for other. Though this might be considered to be friendly, it does not leave the individual with a method for being able to express their preferred title if they believe they do not fit to any of the ones defined. As such there must be an ability to for the individual to be able to specify their own title rather than falling into a class of other. A length field of 50 characters should be allowed for with title.