<suffix>

Suffix

Qualifiers that follow a person’s name (for example, Sr., Jr., III, 3rd).

Remarks

Best Practice: The <suffix> element should be used for parts of people’s names, not for degrees, such as Ph.D. or DDS. The academic degrees are part of the information that is known about a contributor, not part of the name of the contributor, and should take the <degrees> element. Degree and certification information should be placed directly following the person’s name within the contributor information: 
<contrib contrib-type="..." corresp="yes">
    <name>
      <surname>Smyth-Jones</surname>
      <given-names>George</given-names>
      <suffix>Sr.</suffix>
    </name>
    <degrees>PhD</degrees>
  </contrib>

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  suffix       (#PCDATA %suffix-elements;)*                 >

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

<name>, <speaker>, <string-name>

Example 

...
<string-name>
<surname>Moellering</surname>
<given-names>R. C.</given-names>
<suffix>Jr.</suffix>
</string-name>
...

Article Authoring Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d3

Version of April 2015

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