<role>

Role or Function Title of Contributor

Definition

The title or role of a contributor (such as an author) to a work, for example, “Editor-in-Chief”, “Contributor”, “Chief Scientist”, “Photographer”, “Research Associate”, etc.

Remarks

Information on the role or type of contribution is collected in two places, in the contrib-type attribute on the <contrib> element and in the <role> element (which is part of the contributor information inside a <contrib> element). For example, the <contrib> element’s contrib-type attribute might have a value of “editor”, whereas the content of the <role> element could be “Associate Editor”. As another example, the <contrib> element’s contrib-type attribute might be “author”, and the <role> element might contain “Principal Author”.

The <role> element is more likely to appear on screen or in print than the <contrib> element’s contrib-type attribute value.

This element joins the related element <on-behalf-of> in describing the contribution of a contributor. The <role> element will say that a person is an “Editor” or “Associate Editor”, and the <on-behalf-of> element will state that this editing was undertaken as a representative of a group or organization:

 <on-behalf-of>for the Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group</on-behalf-of>

While not considered best practice, it is also acceptable to tag the example as:

<contrib>
<name><surname>Campion</surname>
<given-names>M</given-names>
</name>
<role>for the Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group</role>
</contrib>

Attribute

content-type Type of Content

Related Elements

See discussion about <on-behalf-of> in Remarks.

Model Information

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  role         (#PCDATA %role-elements;)*                   >

Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

<citation> Citation; <contrib> Contributor; <product> Product Information; <related-article> Related Article Information

Tagged Examples

Example 1

Inside article metadata:


...
<article-meta>
<title-group>
<article-title>Systematic review of day hospital 
care for elderly people</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Forster</surname>
<given-names>Anne Williams</given-names>
</name>
<role>research physiotherapist</role>
<aff id="StLukes">Department of Health Care
for the Elderly, St Luke&#x2019;s Hospital, Bradford BD5 
0NA</aff>
</contrib>
...
</contrib-group>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1999, British 
Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>British Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>To examine the effectiveness of day hospital attendance 
in prolonging independent living for elderly people.</p>
</abstract>
</article-meta>
... 


    

Example 2

In a bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):

...
<citation>
<person-group>
<name><surname>Johnson</surname>
<given-names>D. H.</given-names></name>
<name><surname>O&rsquo;Neil</surname>
<given-names>T. A.</given-names></name>
</person-group>
<role>managing directors</role>
<source>Wildlife habitat relationships in Oregon
and Washington</source>
<publisher-loc>Corvallis, Oregon, USA</publisher-loc>
<publisher-name>Oregon State University Press</publisher-name>
<year>2001</year>
</citation>
...


Example 3

In a bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):

...
<citation>
<name><surname>Johnson</surname>
<given-names>D. H.</given-names></name>, 
<name><surname>O&rsquo;Neil</surname>
<given-names>T. A.</given-names></name>,
<role>managing directors</role>.
<source>Wildlife habitat relationships in Oregon
and Washington</source>.
<publisher-loc>Corvallis, Oregon, USA</publisher-loc>:
<publisher-name>Oregon State University Press</publisher-name>;
<year>2001</year>.
</citation>
...


Module

common.ent