The name element

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Possible children

This element can not contain text. It may contain the following children: mods:affiliation, mods:description, mods:displayForm, mods:namePart and mods:role.

Possible parents

mods:mods, mods:relatedItem and mods:subject

Content model

[zeroOrMore] Zero or more of:
[choice] One of the following elements: mods:affiliation, mods:description, mods:displayForm, mods:namePart and mods:role

Namespace

http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3

This element belongs to the core grammar.

Attributes

Name Presence Description
ID Optional No further information about this attribute is available.
Value: Some value of type ID
authority Optional No further information about this attribute is available.
Value: Some value of type string
lang Optional The xml:lang attribute is used to identify the natural or formal language in which the content is written.
Consult Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 for further information.
Value: Some value of type string
script Optional No further information about this attribute is available.
Value: Some value of type string
transliteration Optional No further information about this attribute is available.
Value: Some value of type string
type Optional No further information about this attribute is available.
Value:

One of

conference
corporate
personal
xlink:actuate Optional Some general information about elements and attributes in this namespace may be found at
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
Value:

One of

none
onLoad
onRequest
other
xlink:arcrole Optional Some general information about elements and attributes in this namespace may be found at
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
Value: Some value of type string
xlink:href Optional Some general information about elements and attributes in this namespace may be found at
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
Value: Some value of type anyURI
xlink:role Optional The role attribute allows the author to annotate elements with machine-extractable semantic information about the nature or purpose of an element.
The value of the role attribute is one or several CURIEs.
Consult XHTML Role Attribute Module for further information.
Value: Some value of type string
xlink:show Optional Some general information about elements and attributes in this namespace may be found at
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
Value:

One of

embed
new
none
other
replace
xlink:title Optional Some general information about elements and attributes in this namespace may be found at
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
Value: Some value of type string
xlink:type Optional Some general information about elements and attributes in this namespace may be found at
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
Value: simple
xml:lang Optional The xml:lang attribute is used to identify the natural or formal language in which the content is written.
Consult Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 for further information.
Value:

One of

• value(s) of type language

Additional Information