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givenname
givenname — The given name of a person.
Synopsis
givenname ::= ![[-]](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 givenname for any given name or chosen name of a
person. This is also used for forenames and sometimes nicknames.
A givenname is an alternative to
firstname.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
In an address, this element may inherit
the verbatim qualities of an address.
Parents
These elements contain givenname: bibliomixed, bibliomset, personname.
Children
The following elements occur in givenname: 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.
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example personname</title>
<para>Starting in DocBook 5.1, <tag>givenname</tag> is an
<emphasis>alternative</emphasis> <tag>firstname</tag> in
personal names. For example,
<personname><givenname>Albert</givenname><surname>Einstein</surname></personname>.
</para>
</article>