Name
othercredit — A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document
Synopsis
othercredit ::=
((personname, (address |
affiliation | contrib |
email | personblurb |
uri)*) | (orgname,
(address | affiliation |
contrib | email |
orgdiv | uri)*))
Attribute synopsis
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
Exactly one of:
class(enumeration) = “copyeditor” | “graphicdesigner” | “other” | “productioneditor” | “technicaleditor” | “translator”All of:
class (enumeration) = “other”
otherclass (NMTOKEN)
Required attributes are shown in bold.
Description
DocBook allows you to directly identify authors
and editors. The othercredit
element 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.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- class
Identifies the nature of the contributor
Enumerated values: “copyeditor” A copyeditor
“graphicdesigner” A graphic designer
“other” Some other contributor
“productioneditor” A production editor
“technicaleditor” A technical editor
“translator” A translator
- class
Identifies the nature of the contributor
Enumerated values: “other” Identifies a nonstandard contribution
- otherclass
Identifies the nature of the nonstandard contribution
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<info>
<title>Example othercredit</title>
<author>
<personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
</author>
<othercredit>
<personname>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<surname>Doe</surname>
</personname>
<contrib>Extensive review and rough drafts of Section 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5
</contrib>
</othercredit>
<biblioid>5</biblioid>
</info>
<para>…</para>
</article>