Re: [jats-list] Mononyms

[Mark Donoghue <m.donoghue@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alf,

I'd be more inclined to use <string-name>Afiahayati</string-name> and then
possibly <given-name> (following the JATS recommendation) if <string-name>
wouldn't work.

It would also depend on what the system ingesting the XML plans to do with
it.

Since I'm dealing with names a lot lately I generally wish I could just use
<string-name> exclusively and let search engines sort it all out:-)

-Mark
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Alf Eaton <eaton.alf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was looking for guidance on how to mark up authors with a single
> name (in this specific case, it's an Indonesian mononym). From the
> documentation quotes below, I'm leaning towards using
> <name><surname>Afiahayati</surname></name>, rather than <name
> name-style="given-only"><given-names>Afiahayati</given-names></name>,
> as the way surnames are treated downstream seems more appropriate.
>
> Does anyone know of any reasons why using <surname> in this case would
> be inappropriate?
>
> Thanks,
> Alf
>
> ==============================
>
> The JATS documentation says:
> "There is no single style that best handles all single (one-part)
> names. Tibetan, Indian, and Burmese single names that are not surnames
> may be tagged as <given-names>; there is no need to commit the tag
> abuse of calling the given name a surname. Most westernized single
> names (Pele, Prince, Babyface, Aztek) are more likely to be
> retrieved properly if they are tagged as <surname>s."
> http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.0/n-i7n0.html
>
> ==============================
>
> Taylor & Francis says:
> "Note that <surname> is also used to capture mononyms (or a single
> name), such as Plato, Peli', or Napoleon."
> http://routledgebooksproduction.com/back/references.htm
>
> ==============================
>
> PubMed says:
> "Can Single Personal Author Names be supplied to PubMed?
>
> Yes. A Single Personal Author Name, when a person has only one name,
> should be included by using the EmptyYN attribute for the <FirstName>
> tag within an <Author> tag. The default value for the EmptyYN
> attribute is "N"; indicating that the <FirstName> tag should not be
> empty.
>
> [...]
>
> <AuthorList>
> <Author>
> <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"></FirstName>
> <MiddleName></MiddleName>
> <LastName>Matiullah</LastName>
> </Author>
> <Author>
> <FirstName EmptyYN="N">S.</FirstName>
> <LastName>Rehman</LastName>
> </Author>
> </AuthorList>
> "
>
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3828/#publisherhelp.Can_Single_Personal_
>
> ==============================