| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <persName>

`<persName>` | (personal name) contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a person, possibly including any or all of the person's forenames, surnames, honorifics, added names, etc.
Attributes | (In addition to global attributes and those inherited from data, demographic, names)
`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>

Module Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class demographic; names; data
May contain #PCDATA abbr add addName addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreName foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap genName geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name nameLink num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore roleName rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied surname term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref
May occur within ab 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 date dateRange def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition editor education emph entryFree etym expan extent factuality figDesc firstLang foreName foreign form 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 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 view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref
Declaration

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

See further 20.1 Personal Names

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