Container element for the component elements of personal names, such as a <surname>.
Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <name>, see Personal Names in Citations.
Best Practice: If the name parts are unknown or untagged, the whole name can be placed
<!ELEMENT name ( ( (surname, given-names?) | given-names),
prefix?, suffix?) >(((surname, given-names?) | given-names), prefix?, suffix?)
The following, in order:
<contrib>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <name-alternatives>, <person-group>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
In metadata, naming an author:
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>McCrohan</surname>
<given-names>John</given-names>
<prefix>Capt.</prefix>
</name>
</contrib>
<aff>Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and
Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857</aff>
</contrib-group>
...
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author" rid="StLukes">
<name><surname>Johnson</surname>
<given-names>John Jacob</given-names></name>
<role>research physiotherapist</role>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" rid="RoyalInf">
<name><surname>Smithson</surname>
<given-names>Sally B.</given-names></name>
<role>consultant physician</role>
<author-comment><p>In addition to her role as consulting
physician on this project, Dr. Smithson owns trains the
therapy dog used in the experiments</p></author-comment>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
In metadata, naming an editor:
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<contrib-group content-type="conference-editors">
<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>Herrera</surname>
<given-names>Gerardo</given-names>
</name>
<role>Conference Editor</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
...
<ref-list>
...
<ref id="B8"><label>8</label>
<element-citation>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name><surname>Weissert</surname>
<given-names>W</given-names></name>
<name><surname>Livieratos</surname>
<given-names>B</given-names></name>
</person-group>
<article-title>Effects and costs of day-care
services for the chronically ill: a randomized
experiment</article-title>
<source>Medical Care</source>
<year iso-8601-date="1980">1980</year>
<volume>18</volume>
<fpage>567</fpage>
<lpage>584</lpage>
<pub-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">WES-6772889</pub-id>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...
</ref-list>
...
In metadata, providing alternative names (in Japanese):
... <book-meta> ... <contrib-group> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ja-Jpan"> <surname>園田</surname> <given-names>直子</given-names> </name> <name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"> <surname>Sonoda</surname> <given-names>Naoko</given-names> </name> <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ja-Kana"> <surname>ソノダ</surname> <given-names>ナオコ</given-names> </name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">**</xref> </contrib> </contrib-group> ... </book-meta> ...
Providing alternative names (in Chinese):
...
<name-alternatives>
<name name-style="western"><surname>Chu</surname>
<given-names>J. H.</given-names></name>
<string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">褚君浩</string-name>
</name-alternatives>
...
... <contrib-group> <contrib> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname> <given-names>Y. P.</given-names></name> <string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">张轶泼</string-name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref> <xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="n1">a)</xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="western"><surname>Isobe</surname> <given-names>M.</given-names></name> <string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">磯部光孝</string-name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a2">2</xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name-alternatives> <name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname> <given-names>Yi</given-names></name> <string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">刘仪</string-name> </name-alternatives> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a1">1</xref> </contrib> </contrib-group> ...
Providing author names as part of a product description:
... <product> <source>Image-Guided Radiation Therapy in Lymphoma Management. The Increasing Role of Functional Imaging.</source> <name name-style="western"><surname>Macklis</surname> <given-names>R. M.</given-names></name> <name name-style="western"><surname>Conti</surname> <given-names>P. S.</given-names></name> <publisher-name>Informa Healthcare</publisher-name>, Essex, United Kingdom, 2010, Price: <price>$324.00</price>. ISBN: <isbn>9781420058741</isbn>, 80 p. (hardcover) </product> ...