Container element for one or more contributors in a bibliographic reference.
The container can be used to group all the contributors of a particular type (for example, authors, editors, directors, translators) that are named in a reference.
Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <person-group>, see Personal Names in Citations.
Usage: This element may be used in bibliographic references (<element-citation> and <mixed-citation>).
This element may also include any punctuation and spacing that is between the names, even when this element is used within an <element-citation>. Therefore, within the context of an element-only <element-citation>, care should be taken not to accidentally allow punctuation and spaces, since an XML parser will not view this as an error.
<!ELEMENT person-group %person-group-model; >
(#PCDATA | anonymous | collab | name | name-alternatives | string-name | aff | aff-alternatives | etal | role | x)*
Any combination of:
<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <nlm-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
<article>
<front>...</front>
<body>...</body>
<back>
<ref-list>
...
<ref>
<element-citation publisher-type="gov">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name><surname>Norman</surname>
<given-names>John C</given-names></name>
<aff>Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX</aff>
</person-group>
<gov>Report No.: NIH-N01-HV-5-3006-4-VI. Contract No.
N01-HV-5-3006</gov>
<source>ALVAD: 1980. A comprehensive final report to NHLI</source>
<volume>1</volume>
<publisher-loc>Bethesda (MD)</publisher-loc>
<publisher-name>National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung
Institute, Devices and Services Branch</publisher-name>
<month>01</month>
<year>1980</year>
<size units="page">340</size>
<comment>Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA;
PB80-148810</comment>
</element-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back></article>
In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
<article>
<front>...</front>
<body>...</body>
<back>
<ref-list>
...
<ref>
<mixed-citation publisher-type="gov">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<string-name><surname>Norman</surname>
<given-names>John C</given-names></string-name>
<aff>Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX</aff>
</person-group>.
<gov>Report No.: NIH-N01-HV-5-3006-4-VI. Contract No.
N01-HV-5-3006</gov>.
<source>ALVAD: 1980. A comprehensive final report to NHLI</source>.
Vol. <volume>1</volume>.
<publisher-loc>Bethesda (MD)</publisher-loc>:
<publisher-name>National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung
Institute, Devices and Services Branch</publisher-name>;
<month>01</month> <year>1980</year>.
<size units="page">340</size> p.
<comment>Available from: NTIS, Springfield, VA;
PB80-148810</comment>.
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back></article>
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