DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

othercredit — A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document

Synopsis

othercredit ::= ((personname, (address | affiliation | contrib | email | personblurb | uri)*) | (orgname, (address | affiliation | contrib | email | orgdiv | uri)*))

Attribute synopsis

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

• Exactly one of:

  • class (enumeration) = “copyeditor” | “graphicdesigner” | “other” | “productioneditor” | “technicaleditor” | “translator”

  • All of:

    • class (enumeration) = “other”

    • otherclass (NMTOKEN)

Required attributes are shown in bold.

Description

DocBook allows you to directly identify authors and editors. The othercredit element 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.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

class

Identifies the nature of the contributor

Enumerated values:
“copyeditor”	A copyeditor
“graphicdesigner”	A graphic designer
“other”	Some other contributor
“productioneditor”	A production editor
“technicaleditor”	A technical editor
“translator”	A translator

class

Identifies the nature of the contributor

Enumerated values:
“other”	Identifies a nonstandard contribution

otherclass

Identifies the nature of the nonstandard contribution

See Also

author, authorgroup, collab, contrib, editor, personblurb, personname

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> ...