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<suffix> Suffix

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

Usage/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 may 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
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<name>, <speaker>, <string-name>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  suffix       (#PCDATA %suffix-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 | serif | 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)*

Tagged Samples
In citations
Mixed citation
...
<ref id="bid.2012">
 <label>22</label>
 <mixed-citation>
  <string-name><surname>Peyret</surname> 
  <given-names>N</given-names></string-name>, 
  <string-name><surname>Seneviratne</surname> 
  <given-names>P A</given-names></string-name>, 
  <string-name><surname>Allawi</surname> 
  <given-names>H T</given-names></string-name>, 
  <string-name><surname>SantaLucia</surname> 
  <given-names>J</given-names> <suffix>Jr.</suffix>
  </string-name> <article-title>Nearest-neighbor 
  thermodynamics and NMR of DNA sequences with 
  internal A.A. C.C, G.G, and T.T 
  mismatches</article-title>. <source>Biochemistry</source> 
  <year iso-8601-date="1999">1999</year>; <volume>38</volume>:
  <fpage>3468</fpage>&ndash;<lpage>3477</lpage>.
  <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">10090733</pub-id>.
 </mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
Element citation
...
<ref id="bid.2012">
 <label>22</label>
 <element-citation>
  <person-group>
   <name><surname>Peyret</surname>
    <given-names>N</given-names></name>
   <name><surname>Seneviratne</surname>
    <given-names>P A</given-names></name>
   <name><surname>Allawi</surname>
    <given-names>H T</given-names></name>
   <name><surname>SantaLucia</surname>
    <given-names>J</given-names>
    <suffix>Jr.</suffix></name>
  </person-group>
  <article-title>Nearest-neighbor thermodynamics and 
   NMR of DNA sequences with internal A.A. C.C, G.G, 
   and T.T mismatches</article-title>
  <source>Biochemistry</source>
  <year iso-8601-date="1999">1999</year>
  <volume>38</volume>
  <fpage>3468</fpage>
  <lpage>3477</lpage>
  <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">10090733</pub-id>
 </element-citation>
</ref>
...
Inside <string-name> 
...
<string-name><surname>Moellering</surname>
 <given-names>R.C.</given-names>
 <suffix>Jr.</suffix></string-name>
...