<given-names> Given (First) Names

All given names of a person, such as the first name, middle names, maiden name if used as part of the married name, etc.

Usage/Remarks

As a typical example, in the name “John Q. Delancey Public”, the <given-names> would be “John Q. Delancey” and the <surname> would be “Public”.
Attributes

Base Attributes

Models and Context
May be contained in
Model Description
Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
Tagged Samples
As part of bibliographic reference for journal
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<ref-list>
 <title>Bibliography</title>
 ...
 <ref id="ref_4">
  <label>4</label>
  <mixed-citation publication-type="journal"
   ><person-group
    ><string-name><surname>Hadorn</surname>,  
     <given-names>H.</given-names></string-name>, 
    <string-name><surname>Z&uuml;rchner</surname>,  
     <given-names>K</given-names></string-name></person-group>. 
   <source>Dtsch. Lebensmitt. Rundsch</source>. 
   <year iso-8601-date="1974">1974</year>, 
   <volume>70</volume> p. <fpage>57</fpage></mixed-citation>
 </ref>
 ...
</ref-list>
...
As part of bibliographic reference for report
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<ref>
 <label>...</label>
 <mixed-citation publication-type="report"
  ><person-group
   ><string-name><given-names>David</given-names>  
    <surname>Bearman</surname></string-name></person-group>. 
  <source>NISO/CLIR/RLG Technical Metadata for 
   Images Workshop, April 18-19, 1999</source> [Report]. 
  <publisher-loc>Bethesda, MD</publisher-loc>: 
  <publisher-name>National Information Standards 
   Organization</publisher-name>; 
  c<date-in-citation content-type="copyright" 
     iso-8601-date="1999">1999</date-in-citation></mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
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