When a contributor is acting as a representative of an organization, he/she is said to have written or edited a work “on behalf of” that organization or group, and this element holds the name of the organization or group.
The contributor writing on-behalf-of may also have a separate, different affiliation. For example, a physician affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital writing for the National Cancer Institute would be tagged as:
<on-behalf-of>National Cancer Institute</on-behalf-of>
and the physician’s affiliation would be tagged as usual as:
<aff>Johns Hopkins Hospital</aff>
The <on-behalf-of> element is akin to a “role” the person is playing with respect to the organization. Thus, this element joins the related element <role> as a way to describe the particular contribution of a contributor. The <role> element will say that a person is an “Editor” or “Associate Editor”, and the <on-behalf-of> element will state that this editing was undertaken as a representative of a group or organization, typically capturing all text associated with the organization (see “for” in the example below):
<contrib>
<name><surname>Smith</surname>
<given-names>J.D.</given-names>
</name>
<on-behalf-of>for the Cardiac Research Group</on-behalf-of>
</contrib>Conversion Note: Some Tag Sets identify what this Tag Set calls “on-behalf-of” content as a Collaborative (Group) Author or Editor <collab>. In other tag sets, the association “on-behalf-of” may be tagged as a <role> rather than as a specific <on-behalf-of>. It is therefore also acceptable (although not best practice) to tag the example as:
<contrib>
<name><surname>Smith</surname>
<given-names>J.D.</given-names>
</name>
<role>for the Cardiac Research Group</role>
</contrib>
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Any combination of:
...
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<string-name>
<surname>Forster</surname>,
<given-names>Anne</given-names>
</string-name>
<on-behalf-of>for the Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative
Research Group</on-behalf-of>
<role>research physiotherapist</role>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="StLukes">
<sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
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