Name profile metadata

Capture names in a metaItem element with about="name"

metaItem[@about="name"]
metaDescribes[@predicate='foreTitle']
metaDescribes[@predicate='foreNames']
metaDescribes[@predicate='mainName']
metaDescribes[@predicate='compoundName']
metaDescribes[@predicate='subsidiaryName']
metaDescribes[@predicate='language']
metaDescribes[@predicate='origin']

Capture names where they are supplied for the main subject, parents and spouses.

Capture subsidiary name using metaDescribes with predicate="subsidiaryName" within the metaItem[@about="name"] element. Also, capture the language and origin of the subsidiary name respectively as metaDescribes with predicate="language" and metaDescribes with predicate="origin" under the same metaItem[@about="name"] as the subsidiary name.

metaDescribes[@predicate='language'] must have one of the following values:

English
French
Gaelic
German
Italian
Latin
Norse
Welsh
Irish
Scots
Gaelic

metaDescribes[@predicate='origin'] must have one of the following values:

none
epithet
patronym
place

Personal name example


      <metaItem about="name">
        <metaDescribes predicate="type">personal</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="mainName">Lyttelton</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="foreNames">Humphrey Richard Adeane</metaDescribes>
        <metaItem about="alternative_name"><metaDescribes predicate="alt_type">variant</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="foreNames">Humph</metaDescribes>
        </metaItem>
      </metaItem>

Personal name examples illustrating the relationship between profile metadata name and headword nameGrp


      <metaItem about="profile">
        <metaItem about="name"><metaDescribes predicate="type">personal</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="foreNames">Isaac</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="mainName">Oliver</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="subsidiaryName">the Younger</metaDescribes>
        </metaItem>
      </metaItem>
      <!-- other elements -->
      <headword type="person">
        <nameGrp foreNames="Isaac" mainName="Oliver" subsidiaryName="the Younger">OLIVER, Isaac, the
          Younger</nameGrp>
      </headword>


      <metaItem about="profile">
        <metaItem about="name"><metaDescribes predicate="type">personal</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="foreTitle">Revd.</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="foreNames">Edward Pryce</metaDescribes><metaDescribes predicate="mainName">Owen</metaDescribes>
        </metaItem>
      </metaItem>
      <!-- other elements -->
      <headword type="person">
        <nameGrp foreTitle="Revd." foreNames="Edward Pryce" mainName="Owen">OWEN, Edward Pryce
          (Revd.)</nameGrp>
      </headword>

Personal name example illustrating the capture of metaDescribes[@predicate='subsidiaryName'], metaDescribes[@predicate='language'], and metaDescribes[@predicate='origin']


      <metaItem about="name">
        <metaDescribes predicate="type">personal</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="mainName">Fraser</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="foreNames">James Stuart</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="subsidiaryName">Ardachy</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="language">Scots</metaDescribes>
        <metaDescribes predicate="origin">place</metaDescribes>
      </metaItem>

Personal name example

Personal name examples illustrating the relationship between profile metadata name and headword nameGrp

Personal name example illustrating the capture of metaDescribes[@predicate='subsidiaryName'], metaDescribes[@predicate='language'], and metaDescribes[@predicate='origin']

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