<name> Name of Person

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

Usage/Remarks

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
name-style (default = western)

Base Attributes

Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  name         ( ( (surname, given-names?) | given-names),
                          prefix?, suffix?)                          >
Expanded Content Model

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

Tagged Samples
Author name
...
<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>
...
Editor name
...  
<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>
...
Element citation
...
<ref id="G3">
 <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>
  <article-title xml:lang="en">Evolution of the infant
   mortality rate in la Rioja in Spain (1980-1998)</article-title>
  <source>An Esp Pediatr</source>
  <year iso-8601-date="2001-11">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>
...
Alternative names (Japanese/English)
...
<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>
...
Alternative names (Chinese/English)
...  
<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>
...
...
<article-meta>
 ...
 <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>
 <aff id="a1">...</aff>
 <aff id="a2">...</aff>
 <author-notes id="n1">...</author-notes>
 ...
</article-meta>
...
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>, 
 <publisher-loc>Essex, United Kingdom</publisher-loc>,
 <year>year</year>, Price: <price>$324.00</price>. 
 ISBN: <isbn>9781420058741</isbn>, <size 
 units="pages">80</size> p. (hardcover)
</product>
...
With Type of Content for patronymic
...
<name content-type="patronymic">
 <surname>H&#246;skuldsd&#243;ttir</surname>
 <given-names>Hallger&#240;ur</given-names>
</name>

<name content-type="matronymic">
 <surname>M&#237;nervud&#243;ttir</surname>
 <given-names>Gu&#240;r&#250;n Eva</given-names>
</name>
...
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