Re: [jats-list] Mononyms

[Bruce Rosenblum <bruce@xxxxxxxxx>]

From the JATS documentation:

"How to handle all single names (It is usually
best practice to tag most westernized single
names (Pele, Cher, and Ice Cube) as
<surname> elements. Tibetan, Burmese, and other
Indian single names that are not surnames may be tagged as <given-names>."

See
http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.0/n-pxu2.html#pub-tag-names-
cites

Bruce

At 12:44 PM 10/31/2013, Nikos Markantonatos wrote:
> Most indexing tools will pick up the surname for
> indexing and not bother with given-names, so I would be inclined to use
>
> <string-name><surname>Afiahayati</surname></string-name>
>
> instead for practical reasons.
>
> Using <string-name> without <surname> will not
> offer much help to indexing, which will not know
> what this string represents, so it may or may not index it.
>
> Regards,
> Nikos Markantonatos
> Atypon
>
>
> On 10/31/2013 06:38 PM, Mark Donoghue wrote:
> > 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
> > - -- --- ----- -------- -------------
> > Mark Donoghue
> > IEEE Publishing Technology
> > (732) 562-6045
> > m.donoghue@xxxxxxxx
> >
> > IEEE - Advancing Technology for Humanity
> >
> >
> > 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_Person
al_
> > > ==============================

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