`<persName>` | (personal name) contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a person, possibly including any or all of the person's forename, surname, honorific, added names, etc.

Attributes:

`type` | describes the personal name more fully using an open-ended list of words or phrases which help to indicate the function, e.g. ``married name'', ``maiden name'', ``pen name'', ``religious name'', etc.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: Any string of characters.
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    <persName>
       <forename>Edward</forename>
       <forename>George</forename>
       <surname type=linked>Bulwer-Lytton</surname>,
       <roleName>Baron Lytton of
         <placeName>Knebworth</placeName>
       </roleName>
    </persName>

Note
Tagsetadditional tag set for names and dates
Classdata, demographic, names [and indirectly also:] phrase
Filename`teind2`
Parentsab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera caption case castItem catDesc cell channel cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date dateRange def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per persName person personGrp phr placeName pos preparedness principal pron pubPlace publisher purpose q quote rdg re ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term time timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Children#PCDATA abbr add addName address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign forename formula fw genName geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name nameLink num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore roleName rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied surname tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT persName      - -  (#PCDATA | %m.personPart; |
                                 %m.phrase; )*                      >
    <!ATTLIST persName           %a.global
                                 %a.names
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 20.1

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