<persName>

(personal name) – Designation for an individual, including any or all of that individual's forenames, surnames, honorific titles, and added names.
Module MEI.namesdates
Attributes
@analog(optional)Contains a reference to a field or element in another descriptive encoding system to which this MEI element is comparable. Value of datatype string. att.bibl
@authURI(optional)The web-accessible location of the controlled vocabulary from which the value is taken. Value conforms to data.URI. att.authorized
@authority(optional)A name or label associated with the controlled vocabulary from which the value is taken. Value of datatype string. att.authorized
@cert(optional)Signifies the degree of certainty or precision associated with a feature. Value conforms to data.CERTAINTY. att.evidence
@codedval(optional)a value that represents or identifies the element content. May serve as a primary key in a web-accessible database identified by the authURI attribute. One or more values of datatype NMTOKEN, separated by spaces. att.canonical
@enddate(optional)Contains the end point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@evidence(optional)Indicates the nature of the evidence supporting the reliability or accuracy of the intervention or interpretation. Suggested values include: 'internal', 'external', 'conjecture'. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.evidence
@facs(optional)Permits the current element to reference a facsimile surface or image zone which corresponds to it. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.facsimile
@isodate(optional)Provides the value of a textual date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@label(optional)Provides a name or label for an element. The value may be any string. Value of datatype string. att.commonPart
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation for an element. Value conforms to token. att.common
@nonfiling(optional)Holds the number of initial characters (such as those constituing an article or preposition) that should not be used for sorting a title or name. Value of datatype positiveInteger. att.filing
@notafter(optional)Contains an upper boundary for an uncertain date in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@notbefore(optional)Contains a lower boundary, in standard ISO form, for an uncertain date. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@nymref(optional)Used to record a pointer to the regularized form of the name elsewhere in the document. Value conforms to data.URI. att.name
@resp(optional)Captures information regarding responsibility for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.responsibility
@role(optional)Used to specify further information about the entity referenced by this name, for example, the occupation of a person or the status of a place. Use a standard value whenever possible. Value is plain text. att.name
@source(optional)Contains a list of one or more pointers indicating the sources which attest to a given reading. Each value should correspond to the ID of a <source> element located in the document header. One or more values from data.URI, separated by spaces. att.source
@startdate(optional)Contains the starting point of a date range in standard ISO form. Value conforms to data.ISODATE. att.datable
@subtype(optional)Provide any sub-classification for the element, additional to that given by its type attribute. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.typed
@translit(optional)Specifies the transliteration technique used. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.lang
@type(optional)Characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology. Value of datatype NMTOKEN. att.typed
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references. Value conforms to data.URI. att.commonPart
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value. Value of datatype ID. att.id
@xml:lang(optional)Identifies the language of the element's content. The values for this attribute are language 'tags' as defined in BCP 47. All language tags that make use of private use sub-tags must be documented in a corresponding language element in the MEI header whose id attribute is the same as the language tag's value. Value of datatype language. att.lang
Member of
model.nameLike.agent
Contained by
MEI.cmngliss octave
MEI.edittransabbr add corr cpMark damage del expan orig reg restore sic supplied unclear
MEI.figtablefigDesc td th
MEI.fingeringfing
MEI.harmonyf harm
MEI.headeraccessRestrict audience byline captureMode carrierForm condition contentItem context dimensions exhibHist hand inscription language otherChar perfDuration physMedium plateNum playingSpeed price provenance soundChan specRepro sysReq term trackConfig treatHist treatSched useRestrict watermark
MEI.namesdatesaddName bloc corpName country district famName foreName genName geogFeat geogName nameLink periodName persName region roleName settlement street styleName
MEI.ptrrefref
MEI.sharedactor addrLine annot arranger author bibl biblScope caption composer creation date depth desc dir distributor dynam edition editor event eventList extent funder genre head height identifier imprint label librettist lyricist name num ornam p pgFoot pgFoot2 pgHead pgHead2 publisher pubPlace recipient rend repository respStmt role roleDesc sponsor stack syl tempo textLang title width
MEI.textl li quote
MEI.usersymbolsanchoredText line
May contain
Text
MEI.edittransabbr add choice corr damage del expan gap handShift orig reg restore sic subst supplied unclear
MEI.figtablefig
MEI.namesdatesaddName bloc corpName country district famName foreName genName geogFeat geogName nameLink periodName persName postBox postCode region roleName settlement street styleName
MEI.ptrrefptr ref
MEI.sharedaddress annot bibl date identifier lb name num pb rend repository stack title
MEI.usersymbolssymbol
Declaration
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.bibl"/>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.edit"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.lang"/>
<memberOf key="att.name"/>
<memberOf key="att.typed"/>
<memberOf key="model.nameLike.agent"/>
</classes>
<content>
<rng:zeroOrMore>
<rng:choice>
<rng:text/>
<rng:ref name="model.textphraseLike" />
<rng:ref name="model.editLike" />
<rng:ref name="model.transcriptionLike" />
<rng:ref name="model.persNamePart" />
</rng:choice>
</rng:zeroOrMore>
</content>
Remarks

Parts of a personal name may be captured using persName sub-elements. For greater specificity, however, use foreName, famName, genName, addName, genName, nameLink, and roleName elements. The name of the list from which a controlled value for persName is taken may be recorded using the authority attribute. This element is modelled on an element in the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard.