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<on-behalf-of> On Behalf of

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.

Usage/Remarks

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>
Use of <role> Non-preferred
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 using a <role> element rather than as a specific <on-behalf-of>. It is therefore also acceptable (although not best practice) to tag the above example as: 
<contrib>
 <name>
  <surname>Smith</surname>
  <given-names>J.D.</given-names>
 </name>
 <role>for the Cardiac Research Group</role>
</contrib>
Related Elements
See discussion about <role> in Remarks.
Attributes
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<collab>, <contrib>, <contrib-group>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  on-behalf-of (#PCDATA %on-behalf-of-elements;)*           >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x | institution | institution-wrap)*

Tagged Sample

Author information

...
<article-meta>
 ...
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <name><surname>Forster</surname>
    <given-names>Anne</given-names></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>
 <aff id="StLukes"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup>Department 
  of Health Care for the Elderly, St Luke&rsquo;s Hospital,
  Bradford BD5 0NA,</aff>
 ...
</article-meta>
...