Qualifiers that follow a person’s name (for example, Sr., Jr., III, 3rd).
Best Practice: The <suffix> element should be used for parts of people’s names, not for degrees, such as Ph.D. or DDS. The academic degrees are part of the information that is known about a contributor, not part of the name of the contributor, and should take the <degrees> element. Degree and certification information may be placed directly following the person’s name within the contributor information:
<contributor ...>
<name>
<surname>Smyth-Jones</surname>
<given-names>George</given-names>
<suffix>Sr.</suffix>
</name>
<degrees>PhD</degrees>
</contributor>
Another valid style is to include the <degrees> later within the <contrib> element, interspersed with other types of contributor information such as <address>, <aff>, <bio>, and <email>.
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(#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)*
Any combination of:
...
<string-name>
<surname>Moellering</surname>
<given-names>R. C.</given-names>
<suffix>Jr.</suffix>
</string-name>
...
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