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Version: DocBook V4.5

othercredit

othercredit — A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document

Synopsis

Content Model

othercredit ::=
((personname|
(honorific|firstname|surname|lineage|othername|affiliation|
authorblurb|contrib)+),
(personblurb|email|address)*)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

class

Enumeration:

copyeditor

graphicdesigner

other

productioneditor

technicaleditor

translator

None

Description

DocBook allows you to directly identify Authors and Editors. OtherCredit provides a mechanism for identifying other individuals, for example, contributors or production editors, in a similar context.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes suppressed.

Future Changes

AuthorBlurb and Affiliation will be removed from the inline content of OtherCredit in DocBook V4.0. A new wrapper element will be created to hold OtherCredit, AuthorBlurb, and Affiliation.

Children

The following elements occur in othercredit: address, affiliation, authorblurb, contrib, email, firstname, honorific, lineage, othername, personblurb, personname, surname.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE articleinfo PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<articleinfo>
<title>Something Snappy</title>
<author>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
<surname>Walsh</surname>
</author>
<othercredit>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<surname>Doe</surname>
<contrib>Extensive review and rough drafts of Section 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5
</contrib>
</othercredit>
<pubsnumber>5</pubsnumber>
</articleinfo>