<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
Description
Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  given-names  (#PCDATA %given-names-elements;)*            >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA)*

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
...
<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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