There is an authorinitials element in DocBook.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
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From: "Jean Jordaan" <>
To: "Docbook Apps" <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Q: markup author as initials
> Hi Jere
>
>> It might be worth trying, something like: <personname
>> role="approver">AJH</personname>. Does anyone see obvious problems
>> with this approach?
>
> It doesn't say anything about the *content* of personname, which in my
> case is a set of initials (or any opaque moniker); i.e. it *isn't* a
> first- or a surname, or any of the other allowed child elements.
>
> I'm not that concerned with the fact that this is an approver. For that
> I'd use::
>
> <othercredit>
> <personname>
> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Doe</surname>
> </personname>
> <contrib>Approver</contrib>
> </othercredit>
>
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