## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <roleName>

`<roleName>` | (roleName) contains a name component which indicates that the referent has a particular role or position in society, such as an official title or rank.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from personPart

Example

    <persName>
       <foreName>William</foreName>
       <surname>Poulteny</surname>
       <roleName>Earl of Bath</roleName>
    </persName>

Note | A `<roleName>` may be distinguished from an `<addName>` by virtue of the fact that, like a title, it typically exists independently of its holder.
Module | Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class | personPart

May contain

#PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref

May occur within | persName

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT roleName %om.RR; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST roleName
          %a.global;
          %a.personPart;>

See further | 20.1 Personal Names

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