Container element for personal names captured with mixed-content where the order of the name components is not enforced.
This is a very loose element, which may contain text, numbers, special characters, generated text, and any or all of the naming elements, such as <surname>.
Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <string-name>, see Personal Names in Citations.
Usage: If the name parts are unknown or untagged, put the whole name within the <string-name> element, for example, <string-name>Ice Cube</string-name>. Use of the <string-name> element is more likely to lead to better searching in a repository than merely leaving the person’s name untagged.
Since the <string-name> model permits the tagging of name parts within it, a name like “Prince Charles” could be tagged as a given name “Charles” (<given-names>) and prefix “Prince” (<prefix>), but such tagging is likely to be rare and <string-name>Prince Charles</string-name> is also valid tagging.
Examples of when name parts might be usefully tagged inside <string-name> include:
<string-name><surname>Abernathy</surname>, the Honorable Sir Edward</string-name>
<string-name><surname>Smith</surname>, <given-names>Jane</given-names></string-name>
<!ELEMENT string-name (#PCDATA %string-name-elements;)* >
(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | alternatives | inline-graphic | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x | degrees | given-names | prefix | surname | suffix)*
Any combination of:
<contrib>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <name-alternatives>, <person-group>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
...
<ref id="B6">
<mixed-citation>
<string-name><surname>DerSimonian</surname>,
<given-names>R</given-names></string-name>,
<string-name><surname>Laird</surname>,
<given-names>N</given-names>
</string-name>.
<article-title>Meta-analysis in clinical trials</article-title>
<source>Controlled Clin Trials</source>
<volume>7</volume>, <year>1986</year>
<fpage>177</fpage>-<lpage>188</lpage>.
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
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