[jats-list] Mononyms

Subject: [jats-list] Mononyms
From: Alf Eaton <eaton.alf@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:49:26 +0000
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

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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 (bPeleb, bPrinceb, bBabyfaceb, bAztekb) 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

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Taylor & Francis says:
"Note that <surname> is also used to capture mononyms (or a bsingle
nameb), such as bPlatob, bPelC)', or bNapoleonb."
http://routledgebooksproduction.com/back/references.htm

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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_

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