name-style

Name Style

Style of processing requested for a structured personal name.

Remarks

Used to choose an inversion algorithm, for sorting names “correctly”, or for other processing functions

Attribute Values

In Elements

<name>
<string-name>
ValueMeaning
easternThe name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
given-onlyThe single name provided is a given name, not a family name/surname. The single name will be both the sort and the display name.
islenskThe name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the given name preceding the family name.
westernThe name will be displayed with the given name preceding the family name, but will be sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
Default value: western