All given names of a person, such as the first name, middle names, maiden name if used as part of the married name, etc., for example, in the name “John Q. Delancey Public”, the given names would be “John Q. Delancey” and the <surname> would be “Public”.
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Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
... <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"> <sup><italic>a</italic></sup>Department of Health Care for the Elderly, St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford BD5 0NA</aff> <aff id="RoyalInf"> <sup><italic>b</italic></sup>Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF</aff> <pub-date pub-type="pub">...</pub-date> ... </article-meta> ...
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