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>
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eastern | The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name. |
| given-only | The single name provided is a given name, not a family name/surname. The single name will be both the sort and the display name. |
| islensk | The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the given name preceding the family name. |
| western | The 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 value | western |
Example
...
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
<surname>Sonoda</surname>
<given-names>Naoko</given-names>
</name>
...