firstname
firstname — A given name of a person.
Synopsis
firstname ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrevacronymaltanchorbibliorefcorefdateemphasis(db._emphasis)firstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)indexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkphrase(db._phrase)quote(db._quote)remarksubscriptsuperscripttrademarkwordaswordxref
Attributes
Description
Use firstname for any given name or chosen name of a
person. This is also used for forenames and sometimes
nicknames.
![[5.1]](figs/web/rev_5.1.png)
A firstname is an alternative to
givenname.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. In an address, this element may
inherit the verbatim qualities of an address.
Parents
These elements contain firstname: bibliomixed, bibliomset, personname.
Children
The following elements occur in firstname: 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.