All given names of a person, such as the first name, middle names, maiden name if used as part of the married name, etc.
As a typical example, in the name “John Q. Delancey Public”, the <given-names> would be “John Q. Delancey” and the <surname> would be “Public”.
Care should be taken with multipart names to divide the components into family names (<surname>) and personal names (<given-names>) in as culturally appropriate a fashion as possible. Initials can be preserved separately using the @initials attribute.
<surname initials=”Q”>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname> <given-names initials=”M”>M</given-names> <surname initials=”U”>Usdin</surname> <given-names initials=”BT”>B. Tommie</given-names> <surname initials=”GM” >Gonzalez Martin</surname> <given-names initials=”J”>Josquin</given-names> <surname initials=”M”>McNair</surname> <given-names initials=”KPC”>Kenneth Pritchard Carnu</given-names> <surname initials=”B”>Ben Gurion</surname> <given-names initials=”D”>David</given-names> <surname initials=”B”>Ben-Gurion</surname> <given-names initials=”D”>David</given-names> <surname initials=”M”>de la Mare</surname> <given-names initials=”WJ”>Walter John</given-names> <surname initials=”D” >Di Iorio</surname> <given-names initials=”S”>Silvio</given-names> <surname initials=”T”>Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, de</surname> <given-names initials=”H”>Henri Marie Raymond</given-names> <surname initials=”L”>Lewis</surname> <given-names initials=”CS”>CS</given-names> <surname initials=”L”>Lewis</surname> <given-names initials=”CS”>C.S.</given-names>
Best Practice: There is no single style that best handles all single (one-part) names. Tibetan, Indian, and Burmese single names that are not surnames may be tagged as <given-names>; there is no need to commit the tag abuse of calling the given name a surname. Most westernized single names (“Pele”, “Prince”, “Babyface”, “Aztek”) are more likely to be retrieved properly if they are tagged as <surname>s.
<!ELEMENT given-names (#PCDATA %given-names-elements;)* >
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Any combination of:
As part of article metadata, providing the given names of an author:
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<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>
...
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>Foster</surname>
<given-names>Bill</given-names>
<prefix>Rep.</prefix>
</name>
<role>(IL-14)</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
As part of article metadata, providing the given names of an editor:
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<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>
...
As part of author names in multiple languages:
... <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> ...
...
<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> ...
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 a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
... <ref> <mixed-citation publication-type="journal" publication-format="print"> <string-name><surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname> <given-names>M</given-names></string-name>, <string-name><surname>Garijo Ayestaran</surname> <given-names>M</given-names></string-name>, <string-name><surname>Poch Olive</surname> <given-names>ML</given-names></string-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>. Figura 3, Tendencia de mortalidad infantil [Figure 3, Trends in infant mortality]; p. 418. Spanish.</mixed-citation> </ref> ...
The <given-names> element can be used inside a <string-name> as well as inside a <name>:
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<string-name name-style="western">
<given-names>Y.</given-names> <surname>Song</surname>
</string-name>
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Inside the description of a product:
... <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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