Container element for the component elements of personal names, such as a <surname>.
Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <name>, see Personal Names in Citations.
Best Practice: If the name parts are unknown or untagged, the whole name can be placed
<!ELEMENT name ( ( (surname, given-names?) | given-names),
prefix?, suffix?) >(((surname, given-names?) | given-names), prefix?, suffix?)
The following, in order:
<contrib>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <name-alternatives>, <person-group>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
In article metadata, naming an author:
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>McCrohan</surname>
<given-names>John</given-names>
<prefix>Capt.</prefix>
</name>
</contrib>
<aff>Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and
Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857</aff>
</contrib-group>
...
In article metadata, naming an editor:
...
<contrib-group content-type="conference-editors">
<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>Herrera</surname>
<given-names>Gerardo</given-names>
</name>
<role>Conference Editor</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
... <ref> <element-citation publication-type="journal" publication-format="print"> <name><surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname> <given-names>M</given-names></name> <name><surname>Garijo Ayestaran</surname> <given-names>M</given-names></name> <name><surname>Poch Olive</surname> <given-names>ML</given-names></name> <article-title xml:lang="es">Evolucion de la mortalidad infantil de La Rioja (1980-1998)</article-title> <trans-title xml:lang="en">Evolution of the infant mortality rate in la Rioja in Spain (1980-1998)</trans-title> <source>An Esp Pediatr</source> <year iso-8601-date="2001-11">2001</year> <month>Nov</month> <volume>55</volume> <issue>5</issue> <fpage>413</fpage> <lpage>420</lpage> <comment>Figura 3, Tendencia de mortalidad infantil [Figure 3, Trends in infant mortality]; p. 418. Spanish</comment> </element-citation> </ref> ...
In article metadata, providing alternative names (in Japanese):
... <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ja-Jpan"> <surname>園田</surname> <given-names>直子</given-names> </name> <name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"> <surname>Sonoda</surname> <given-names>Naoko</given-names> </name> <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ja-Kana"> <surname>ソノダ</surname> <given-names>ナオコ</given-names> </name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">**</xref> </contrib> ...
Providing alternative names (in Chinese):
...
<name-alternatives>
<name name-style="western"><surname>Chu</surname>
<given-names>J. H.</given-names></name>
<string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">褚君浩</string-name>
</name-alternatives>
...
... <article-meta> ... <contrib-group> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname> <given-names>Y. P.</given-names></name> <string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">张轶泼</string-name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref> <xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="n1">a)</xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="western"><surname>Isobe</surname> <given-names>M.</given-names></name> <string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">磯部光孝</string-name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a2">2</xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname> <given-names>Yi</given-names></name> <string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">刘仪</string-name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref> </contrib> </contrib-group> <aff id="a1">...</aff> <aff id="a2">...</aff> <author-notes id="n1">...</author-notes> ... </article-meta> ...
Providing author names as part of a product description:
... <product> <source>Image-Guided Radiation Therapy in Lymphoma Management. The Increasing Role of Functional Imaging.</source> <name name-style="western"><surname>Macklis</surname> <given-names>R. M.</given-names></name> <name name-style="western"><surname>Conti</surname> <given-names>P. S.</given-names></name> <publisher-name>Informa Healthcare</publisher-name>, Essex, United Kingdom, 2010, Price: <price>$324.00</price>. ISBN: <isbn>9781420058741</isbn>, 80 p. (hardcover) </product> ...
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