DocBook: The Definitive Guide

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	By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner 1st Edition October 1999 1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807 652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

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Name

OtherCredit -- A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document

Synopsis

Content Model

OtherCredit ::= ((Honorific|FirstName|Surname|Lineage|OtherName|Affiliation|   AuthorBlurb|Contrib)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Parameter Entities

`%bibliocomponent.mix;`	`%docinfo.char.class;`	`%ndxterm.char.mix;`
`%para.char.mix;`	`%programlisting.content;`	`%refinline.char.mix;`
`%screen.content;`	`%tbl.entry.mdl;`	`%title.char.mix;`

Description

DocBook allows you to directly identify Authors and Editors. OtherCredit provides a mechanism for identifying other individuals, for example, contributors or production editors, in a similar context.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes suppressed.

Future Changes

AuthorBlurb and Affiliation will be removed from the inline content of OtherCredit in DocBook V4.0. A new wrapper element will be created to hold OtherCredit, AuthorBlurb, and Affiliation.

Parents

These elements contain OtherCredit: Application, ArtHeader, Attribution, AuthorGroup, BiblioEntry, BiblioMisc, BiblioMixed, BiblioMSet, BiblioSet, BookBiblio, BookInfo, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Comment, DocInfo, Emphasis, entry, ForeignPhrase, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, LineAnnotation, Link, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, ObjectInfo, OLink, Para, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Quote, RefEntryTitle, RefPurpose, RefSect1Info, RefSect2Info, RefSect3Info, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, Sect1Info, Sect2Info, Sect3Info, Sect4Info, Sect5Info, SectionInfo, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SeriesInfo, SetInfo, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, ULink.

Children

The following elements occur in OtherCredit: Affiliation, AuthorBlurb, Contrib, FirstName, Honorific, Lineage, OtherName, Surname.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE artheader PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"> <artheader>   <title>Something Snappy</title>   <author>     <firstname>Norman</firstname>     <surname>Walsh</surname>   </author>   <othercredit>     <firstname>John</firstname>     <surname>Doe</surname>     <contrib>Extensive review and rough drafts of Section 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5       </contrib>   </othercredit>   <pubsnumber>5</pubsnumber> </artheader>