DocBook Publishers: The Definitive Guide  (Version 1.2.1 for DocBook 5.1)

othername

othername — A component of a person's name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage.

Synopsis

othername ::= [-]

Description

An othername element is a generic wrapper for parts of an individual’s name other than honorific, firstname, surname, and lineage. One common use is to identify an individual’s middle name or initial. Use role to classify the type of other name.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. In an address, this element may inherit the verbatim qualities of an address.

Parents

These elements contain othername: bibliomixed, bibliomset, personname.

Children

The following elements occur in othername: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.