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authorgroup

Name

authorgroup — Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collabarators

Synopsis

Content Model

authorgroup ::=
((author|editor|collab|corpauthor|othercredit)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain authorgroup:

Parameter Entities
%bibliocomponent.mix;    

Description

The AuthorGroup element is a wrapper around multiple authors or other collaborators.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes given very special treatment, especially on title pages or other displayed areas. Sometimes suppressed.

Children

The following elements occur in authorgroup: author, collab, corpauthor, editor, othercredit.

See Also

author, authorblurb, collab, collabname, contrib, corpauthor, editor, othercredit.

Examples

The example below demonstrates AuthorGroup and many of the elements of Author.

<!DOCTYPE authorgroup PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<authorgroup>
  <author>
    <honorific>Dr.</honorific>
    <firstname>Lois</firstname>
    <surname>Common-Demoninator</surname>
    <affiliation>
      <shortaffil>Director, M. Behn School of Coop. Eng.</shortaffil>
      <jobtitle>Director of Cooperative Efforts</jobtitle>
      <orgname>The Marguerite Behn International School of
               Cooperative Engineering</orgname>
    </affiliation>
  </author>

  <editor>
    <firstname>Peter</firstname>
    <surname>Parker</surname>
    <lineage>Sr.</lineage>
    <othername>Spiderman</othername>
    <authorblurb>
      <para>
      Peter's a super hero in his spare time.
      </para>
    </authorblurb>
  </editor>
</authorgroup>

For additional examples, see also bibliography, bookinfo, collab .

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