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AuthorGroup

Name

AuthorGroup -- Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collabarators

Synopsis

Content Model

AuthorGroup ::=
((Author|Editor|Collab|CorpAuthor|OtherCredit)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Parameter Entities

%bibliocomponent.mix;

Description

The AuthorGroup element is a wrapper around multiple authors or other collaborators.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes given very special treatment, especially on title pages or other displayed areas. Sometimes suppressed.

Parents

These elements contain AuthorGroup: ArtHeader, BiblioEntry, BiblioMixed, BiblioMSet, BiblioSet, BookBiblio, BookInfo, DocInfo, ObjectInfo, RefSect1Info, RefSect2Info, RefSect3Info, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Sect1Info, Sect2Info, Sect3Info, Sect4Info, Sect5Info, SectionInfo, SeriesInfo, SetInfo.

Children

The following elements occur in AuthorGroup: Author, Collab, CorpAuthor, Editor, OtherCredit.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

Examples

The example below demonstrates AuthorGroup and many of the elements of Author.

<!DOCTYPE authorgroup PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<authorgroup>
  <author>
    <honorific>Dr.</honorific>
    <firstname>Lois</firstname>
    <surname>Common-Demoninator</surname>
    <affiliation>
      <shortaffil>Director, M. Behn School of Coop. Eng.</shortaffil>
      <jobtitle>Director of Cooperative Efforts</jobtitle>
      <orgname>The Marguerite Behn International School of
               Cooperative Engineering</orgname>
    </affiliation>
  </author>

  <editor>
    <firstname>Peter</firstname>
    <surname>Parker</surname>
    <lineage>Sr.</lineage>
    <othername>Spiderman</othername>
    <authorblurb>
      <para>
      Peter's a super hero in his spare time.
      </para>
    </authorblurb>
  </editor>
</authorgroup>

For additional examples, see also Bibliography, BookInfo, Collab.

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