name-style

Name Style

Style of processing requested for a structured personal name.

Remarks

Used to choose an inversion algorithm, for sorting names “correctly”, or for other processing functions.

Used on Elements: <name>, <string-name>

ValueMeaning
easternThe name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
given-onlyThe single name provided is a given name, not a family name/surname. The single name will be both the sort and the display name.
islenskThe name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the given name preceding the family name.
westernThe 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 valuewestern

Example

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