10.1.92. <person>

<person> (person) provides information about an identifiable individual, for example a participant in a language interaction, or a person referred to in a historical source. [14.3.2. The Person Element 16.2.2. The Participant Description]

Module namesdates — Specification

Attributes

att.global
- @xml:id
- @n
- @xml:lang
- @xml:base
- att.global.analytic
  - @ana
- att.global.change
  - @change
- att.global.facs
  - @facs
- att.global.linking
  - @corresp
  - @synch
  - @sameAs
  - @copyOf
  - @next
  - @prev
  - @exclude
  - @select
- att.global.rendition
  - @rend
  - @style
  - @rendition
- att.global.responsibility
  - @cert
  - @resp
- att.global.source
  - @source
att.editLike
- @evidence
- @instant
att.sortable
- @sortKey

role

specifies a primary role or classification for the person.

Status	Optional
Datatype	1–∞ occurrences of teidata.enumerated separated by whitespace
Note	Values for this attribute may be locally defined by a project, using arbitrary keywords such as artist, employer, author, relative, or servant, each of which should be associated with a definition. Such local definitions will typically be provided by a <valList> element in the project schema specification.

sex

specifies the sex of the person.

Status	Optional
Datatype	1–∞ occurrences of teidata.sex separated by whitespace
Note	Values for this attribute may be defined locally by a project, or they may refer to an external standard.

gender

specifies the gender of the person.

Status	Optional
Datatype	1–∞ occurrences of teidata.gender separated by whitespace
Note	Values for this attribute may be defined locally by a project, or they may refer to an external standard.

age

specifies an age group for the person.

Status	Optional
Datatype	teidata.enumerated
Note	Values for this attribute may be locally defined by a project, using arbitrary keywords such as infant, child, teen, adult, or senior, each of which should be associated with a definition. Such local definitions will typically be provided by a <valList> element in the project schema specification.

Member of

model.languageProfile

Contained by

header: language

May contain

core: bibl biblStruct listBibl name note p ref

figures: figure

header: idno

namesdates: affiliation age education faith floruit gender langKnowledge nationality occupation persName persPronouns persona residence sex socecStatus state trait

transcr: metamark

Note

May contain either a prose description organized as paragraphs, or a sequence of more specific demographic elements drawn from the model.personPart class.

Example

<person sex="F" age="adult">
 <p>Female respondent, well-educated, born in Shropshire UK, 12 Jan 1950, of unknown occupation. Speaks French fluently. Socio-Economic
   status B2.</p>
</person>

Example

<person sex="intersex" role="god" age="immortal">
 <persName>Hermaphroditos</persName>
 <persName xml:lang="grc">Ἑρμαφρόδιτος</persName>
</person>

Example

<person xml:id="Ovi01" sex="M" role="poet">
 <persName xml:lang="en">Ovid</persName>
 <persName xml:lang="la">Publius Ovidius Naso</persName>
 <birth when="-0044-03-20"> 20 March 43 BC <placeName>
   <settlement type="city">Sulmona</settlement>
   <country key="IT">Italy</country>
  </placeName>
 </birth>
 <death notBefore="0017" notAfter="0018">17 or 18 AD <placeName>
   <settlement type="city">Tomis (Constanta)</settlement>
   <country key="RO">Romania</country>
  </placeName>
 </death>
</person>

Example

The following exemplifies an adaptation of the vCard standard to indicate an unknown gender for a fictional character.

<person xml:id="ariel" gender="U">
 <persName>Ariel</persName>
 <note>Character in <title level="m">The Tempest</title>.</note>
</person>

Example

This example demonstrates the use of a <ref> element to provide more information about a person.

<person age="G2" role="author" xml:id="W0212" sex="F">
 <birth when="1787"/>
 <death when="1855"/>
 <persName type="main">Mitford, Mary Russell (1787–1855)</persName>
 <persName resp="#Nicoll">MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL</persName>
 <listBibl type="lacyTitles">
  <desc>Lacy's Acting Editions</desc>
  <bibl>
   <ref target="lacy:L1280">Foscari</ref>
  </bibl>
  <bibl>
   <ref target="lacy:L1337">Rienzi</ref>
  </bibl>
 </listBibl>
 <listRef type="seeAlso">
  <ref target="https://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1386">ATCL</ref>
  <ref target="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18859">ODNB</ref>
  <ref target="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_Mitford">Wikipedia</ref>
  <ref target="https://digitalmitford.org">Digital Mitford</ref>
 </listRef>
</person>

Content model

<content>
 <alternate minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
  <classRef key="model.pLike" minOccurs="1"
   maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
  <alternate minOccurs="0"
   maxOccurs="unbounded">
   <classRef key="model.personPart"/>
   <classRef key="model.global"/>
   <classRef key="model.ptrLike"/>
  </alternate>
 </alternate>
</content>
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Schema Declaration


element person
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.editLike.attributes,
   att.sortable.attributes,
   attribute role { list { + } }?,
   attribute sex { list { + } }?,
   attribute gender { list { + } }?,
   attribute age { text }?,
   ( model.pLike+ | ( model.personPart | model.global | model.ptrLike )* )
}⚓

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10.1.92. <person>

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