deceased

Deceased

Indicates whether or not the contributor described in the element was deceased when the document or document component was published.

With the Element

<contrib>
Value Meaning
no The contributor was living when the document was published.
yes The contributor had died by the time the document was published.
Restriction: @deceased is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example


...
<contrib contrib-type="author" deceased="yes">
<name><surname initials="P">Poe</surname>
<given-names initials="EA">Edgar Allan</given-names>
</name></contrib>
...