firstname
firstname — A given name of a person.
Synopsis
firstname ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
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- 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.
V5.1A 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.