deceased

Deceased

Indicates whether or not the contributor described in the element was deceased when the document or document component was published.

Used on Element: <contrib>

ValueMeaning
noThe contributor was living when the document was published.
yesThe contributor had died by the time the document was published.
Restriction@deceased is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example

 
...
<contrib contrib-type="author" deceased="yes">
<name><surname initials="P">Poe</surname>
<given-names initials="EA">Edgar Allan</given-names>
</name></contrib>
...