Role of the persons being named in <person-group> element (for example, authors, editors, members of the G&S chorus).
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | The role played by the person group in the creation/production of the article, for example, “editors”. |
| Restriction: | |
Although this attribute may contain any text, suggested types include:
all-authors | Used to identify a complete list of authors when a subset of the author group is used elsewhere in the citation. This may occur, for example, when a citation identifies both a book and a chapter within the book. |
assignee | Persons to whom a patent is awarded |
author | Content creators |
compiler | Persons who put together a composite work from multiple sources |
director | Directors |
editor | Content editors |
guest-editor | Content editors that have been invited to edit all or part of a work |
inventor | Idea, software, or machine creators |
transed | Editors of a translated version of a work |
translator | Persons who translated the cited work from one language into another |