L.6.4.3 Author

There are two elements with the same name: Author. The first Author element is a container for the set of contributors attributed to the current source. The second Author element is a child of the first and is used to represent a single contributor. The set of contributors is defined as:

For example, a bibliographic source with an author (Davis, Tristan), editor (Jaeschke, Rex), and translator (Jones, Brian) would be represented by a group of elements representing the three contributors and their specific roles inside an outer Author element, as in:

<b:Author>
  <b:Author>
    <b:NameList>
      <b:Person>
        <b:Last>Davis</b:Last>
        <b:First>Tristan</b:First>
      </b:Person>
    </b:NameList>
  </b:Author>
  <b:Editor>
    <b:NameList>
      <b:Person>
        <b:Last>Jaeschke</b:Last>
        <b:First>Rex</b:First>
      </b:Person>
    </b:NameList>
  </b:Editor>
  <b:Translator>
    <b:NameList>
      <b:Person>
        <b:Last>Jones</b:Last>
        <b:First>Brian</b:First>
      </b:Person>
    </b:NameList>
  </b:Translator>
</b:Author>