<name>

Name of Person

Container element for the component elements of personal names, such as a <surname>.

Remarks

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
  • Within the <string-name> element in contexts where <string-name> is allowed, for example, <string-name>Ice Cube</string-name>; or
  • Within the element <surname> in contexts where only <name> is allowed, for example, <surname>Ice Cube</surname>
Use of a <string-name> or <surname> element is more likely to lead to better search results than merely leaving the person’s name untagged. (See <string-name> for additional detail.)

Attributes

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

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  name         ( ( (surname, given-names?) | given-names),
                          prefix?, suffix?)                          >

Expanded Content Model

(((surname, given-names?) | given-names), prefix?, suffix?)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<attrib>, <contrib>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <name-address-wrap>, <name-alternatives>, <person-group>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>

Example 1

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">
<name><surname>Johnson</surname>
<given-names>John Jacob</given-names></name>
<role>research physiotherapist</role>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="StLukes"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Smithson</surname>
<given-names>Sally B.</given-names></name>
<role>consultant physician</role>
<xref ref-type="aff"  rid="RoyalInf"/>
<author-comment><p>In addition to her role as consulting
physician on this project, Dr. Smithson trains the
therapy dogs used in the experiments.</p></author-comment>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

Example 2

In metadata, naming an editor:
...  
<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>
...

Example 3

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>
...

Example 4

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">&ast;&ast;</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...</book-meta>
...

Example 5

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 contrib-type="author">  
<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>
...

Example 6

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>
...

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.0 Tag Library

Version of February 2016

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