All given names of a person, such as the first name, middle names, maiden name if used as part of the married name, etc.
As a typical example, in the name “John Q. Delancey Public”, the <given-names> would be “John Q. Delancey” and the <surname> would be “Public”.
Care should be taken with multipart names to divide the components into family names (<surname>) and personal names (<given-names>) in as culturally appropriate a fashion as possible. Initials can be preserved separately using the @initials attribute.
<surname initials=”Q”>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname> <given-names initials=”M”>M</given-names> <surname initials=”U”>Usdin</surname> <given-names initials=”BT”>B. Tommie</given-names> <surname initials=”GM” >Gonzalez Martin</surname> <given-names initials=”J”>Josquin</given-names> <surname initials=”M”>McNair</surname> <given-names initials=”KPC”>Kenneth Pritchard Carnu</given-names> <surname initials=”B”>Ben Gurion</surname> <given-names initials=”D”>David</given-names> <surname initials=”B”>Ben-Gurion</surname> <given-names initials=”D”>David</given-names> <surname initials=”M”>de la Mare</surname> <given-names initials=”WJ”>Walter John</given-names> <surname initials=”D” >Di Iorio</surname> <given-names initials=”S”>Silvio</given-names> <surname initials=”T”>Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, de</surname> <given-names initials=”H”>Henri Marie Raymond</given-names> <surname initials=”L”>Lewis</surname> <given-names initials=”CS”>CS</given-names> <surname initials=”L”>Lewis</surname> <given-names initials=”CS”>C.S.</given-names>
Best Practice: There is no single style that best handles all single (one-part) names. Tibetan, Indian, and Burmese single names that are not surnames may be tagged as <given-names>; there is no need to commit the tag abuse of calling the given name a surname. Most westernized single names (“Pele”, “Prince”, “Babyface”, “Aztek”) are more likely to be retrieved properly if they are tagged as <surname>s.
<!ELEMENT given-names (#PCDATA %given-names-elements;)* >
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Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
...
<ref>
<element-citation publication-type="journal" publication-format="print">
<name><surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname>
<given-names>M</given-names></name>
<name><surname>Garijo Ayestaran</surname>
<given-names>M</given-names></name>
<name><surname>Poch Olive</surname>
<given-names>ML</given-names></name>
<article-title xml:lang="es">Evolucion de la mortalidad
infantil de La Rioja (1980-1998)</article-title>
<trans-title xml:lang="en">Evolution of the infant
mortality rate in la Rioja in Spain
(1980-1998)</trans-title>
<source>An Esp Pediatr</source>
<year>2001</year>
<month>Nov</month>
<volume>55</volume>
<issue>5</issue>
<fpage>413</fpage>
<lpage>420</lpage>
<comment>Figura 3, Tendencia de mortalidad infantil
[Figure 3, Trends in infant mortality]; p. 418.
Spanish</comment>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...
In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
...
<ref>
<mixed-citation publication-type="journal" publication-format="print">
<string-name><surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname>,
<given-names>M</given-names></string-name>,
<string-name><surname>Garijo Ayestaran</surname>,
<given-names>M</given-names></string-name>,
<string-name><surname>Poch Olive</surname>,
<given-names>ML</given-names></string-name>.
<article-title xml:lang="es">Evolucion de la mortalidad
infantil de La Rioja (1980-1998)</article-title>.
[<trans-title xml:lang="en">Evolution of the infant
mortality rate in la Rioja in Spain
(1980-1998)</trans-title>].
<source>An Esp Pediatr</source>. <year>2001</year>
<month>Nov</month>;<volume>55</volume>(<issue>5</issue>):
<fpage>413</fpage>–<lpage>420</lpage>. Figura 3, Tendencia
de mortalidad infantil [Figure 3, Trends in infant
mortality]; p. 418. Spanish.</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
...
<article-meta>
<article-id pub-id-type="pmid">...</article-id>
<title-group>...</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Forster</surname>
<given-names>Anne Williams</given-names>
</name>
<role>research physiotherapist</role>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="StLukes"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Young</surname>
<given-names>John G.</given-names></name>
<role>consultant physician</role>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="RoyalInf"/>
<author-comment><p>on behalf of the Day Hospital
Group</p></author-comment>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="StLukes">Department of Health Care
for the Elderly, St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford BD5
0NA</aff>
<aff id="RoyalInf">Academic Section
of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
G4 0SF</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">...</pub-date>
...
</article-meta>
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