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.
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.
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Any combination of:
<collab>, <contrib>, <contrib-group>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
Inside article metadata:
... <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> ...
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
...
<ref>
<element-citation>
<person-group person-group-type="director">
<name><surname>Johnson</surname>
<given-names>D. H.</given-names></name>
<name><surname>O’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>
</element-citation>
</ref>...
In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
...
<mixed-citation>
<string-name><surname>Johnson</surname>,
<given-names>D. H.</given-names></string-name>,
<string-name><surname>O’Neil</surname>,
<given-names>T. A.</given-names></string-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>.
</mixed-citation>
...
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