These character styles are applied automatically by the eXtyles NLM process Author Processing. You should always review the output from Author Processing and correct the styling carefully by hand if necessary. The colors of individual character styles listed on this page may differ in your configuration from the styles used in the examples.

au_base

The au_base character style is not used itself, but it stores some basic properties that may then be used by the other author character styles.

au_collab

The character style au_collab is used for contributors who are not individual people, such as a company or a research collaboration.

au_deg

This character style, au_deg, is used to identify academic degrees and other qualifications or appointments that are listed as part of the authorship line. eXtyles NLM uses data files to identify these elements; if you encounter degrees that are not recognized by eXtyles NLM, please send details to extyles-support@inera.com.

au_fname, au_surname

The styles au_fname and au_surname are respectively used to identify the first name(s) or initial(s) of each individual contributor and their surname. eXtyles NLM uses sophisticated heuristic logic to identify first names and surnames, including information about naming conventions in various cultures, but it can occasionally make mistakes, particularly with multiword surnames without punctuation. You should always review the output from Author Processing before exporting to XML, and corrent any styling errors by hand.

au_prefix

If the author line begins with some sort of introductory text, such as "Edited by:", this text will be styled as au_prefix. Prefixes to individual names such as military ranks, ranks of nobility and other honorifics such as "Sir", will also be treated as au_prefix.

au_role

The au_role character style is used for information about the role of each individual contributor, such as "Head of Department" or "Professor of Microbiology".

au_suffix

The character style au_suffix is used for generational indicators such as "Junior", "III", etc., and other suffixes to contributor names.

Example

<contrib-group>
	<contrib contrib-type="author">
		<name>
			<surname>
				Holmes
			</surname>
			<given-names>
				Sherlock
			</given-names>
			<prefix>
				Edited by
			</prefix>
			<suffix>
				Jr.
			</suffix>
		</name>
		<degrees>
			MD
		</degrees>
	</contrib>
	<contrib contrib-type="author">
		<name>
			<surname>
				Watson
			</surname>
			<given-names>
				John
			</given-names>
			<prefix>
				Dr
			</prefix>
		</name>
		<degrees>
			RN
		</degrees>
		<degrees>
			DPM
		</degrees>
		<role>
			Associate Professor
		</role>
	</contrib>
	<contrib contrib-type="author">
		<collab>
			on behalf of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
		</collab>
	</contrib>
</contrib-group>