name-style Name Style

Style of processing requested for a structured personal name.

Usage/Remarks

Used to choose an inversion algorithm for sorting names “correctly”, or for other processing functions.
OPTIONAL (defaults to western) on elements: <name>, <string-name>
Value Meaning
eastern The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
given-only The single name provided is a given name, not a family name/surname. The single name will be both the sort and the display name.
islensk The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the given name preceding the family name.
western The 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
Tagged Sample

Designating a western style name (for display and sorting purposes)

...
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
 <surname>Sonoda</surname>
 <given-names>Naoko</given-names>
</name>
...
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