Personal names in references

Capture individual names in a bibItem including titles (Dr, Prof, etc), in a nameGrp element and use its attributes to identify the components of the name (forenames, surname, etc.) as well as the person's role in the referenced work (e.g. author, editor, translator).

Where there are multiple names within the bibItem, and the people concerned have different roles in authoring the work, capture their role using the role attribute of nameGrp. (See Names of people and organizations.)

The value of the role on nameGrp should correspond to the value of the corresponding attribute of the parent bibItem. For instance, role='author' on nameGrp would correspond to the author attribute on the bibItem.

Example bibItem containing a name group using attribute role="partAuthor"


      <bibItem class="bookChapter" partAuthor="Doe, J" partTitle="The law in 1300" author="Baker, JH" title="An Introduction to English Legal History" edition="3rd edn" date="1990" publisher="OUP" page="419" pageLast="421">
        <nameGrp mainName="Doe" foreNames="J" role="partAuthor">J Doe</nameGrp>, <i>The law in
          1300</i>, in <nameGrp mainName="Baker" foreNames="JH" role="author">JH Baker</nameGrp>,<i>An Introduction to English Legal History</i> (3rd edn, OUP 1990) 419–421 </bibItem>