<string-name>

Name of Person (Unstructured)

Container element for personal names where the stricter organization of the <name> element cannot be followed.

This is a very loose element, which may contain text, numbers, special characters, generated text, and any or all of the naming elements, such as <surname>.

Remarks

For a detailed discussion on the use of <string-name>, see Personal Names in Citations.

Conversion Note: If the name parts are unknown or untagged, put the whole name within the <string-name> element, for example, <string-name>Ice Cube</string-name>. Use of the <string-name> element is more likely to lead to better searching in a repository than merely leaving the person’s name untagged.

Since the <string-name> model permits the tagging of name parts within it, a name like “Prince Charles” could be tagged as a given name “Charles” (<given-names>) and prefix “Prince” (<prefix>), but such tagging is likely to be rare and <string-name>Prince Charles</string-name> is also valid tagging.

Examples of when name parts might be usefully tagged inside <string-name> include:

Content Model

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

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | degrees | given-names | prefix | surname | suffix)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<contrib>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <person-group>, <principal-award-recipient>, <principal-investigator>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>

Example

...
<ref id="B6">
<mixed-citation>
<string-name><surname>DerSimonian</surname>, 
<given-names>R</given-names></string-name>, 
<string-name><surname>Laird</surname>, 
<given-names>N</given-names>
</string-name>.
<article-title>Meta-analysis in clinical trials</article-title>
<source>Controlled Clin Trials</source>
<volume>7</volume>, <year>1986</year>
<fpage>177</fpage>-<lpage>188</lpage>.
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...

Module

common3.ent