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”.
Care should be taken with multipart names to divide the components into family names (<surname>) and personal names (<given-names>) in a culturally appropriate fashion. For example:
<surname>Llanos De La Torre Quiralte</surname> <given-names>M</given-names> <surname>Gonzalez Martin</surname> <given-names>Josquin</given-names> <surname>Lapeyre</surname> <given-names>Kenneth Pritchard Carnu</given-names> <surname>Ben Gurion</surname> <given-names>David</given-names> <surname>de la Mare</surname> <given-names>Walter John</given-names> <surname>Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, de</surname> <given-names>Henri Marie Raymond</given-names>
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Any combination of:
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> ...
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