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<byline>

byline

contains the primary statement of responsibility given for a work on its title page or at the head or end of the work.

Module textstructureDSOCDSFRONT

Attributes

Classes and content

Member of
May contain

dictionaries

gaiji

header

textcrit

textstructure

Character data

  • character data
Contained by

cmc

core

msdescription

textcrit

Note

The byline on a title page may include either the name or a description for the document's author. Where the name is included, it may optionally be tagged using the docAuthor element.

Examples

<byline>Written by a CITIZEN who continued all the
while in London. Never made publick before.</byline>
<byline>Written from her own MEMORANDUMS</byline>
<byline>By George Jones, Political Editor, in Washington</byline>
<byline>BY
  <docAuthor>THOMAS PHILIPOTT,</docAuthor>
Master of Arts,
(Somtimes)
Of Clare-Hall in Cambridge.</byline>

Content model

<content>
    <alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <textNode/>
      <classRef key="model.gLike"/>
      <classRef key="model.phrase"/>
      <elementRef key="docAuthor"/>
      <classRef key="model.global"/>
    </alternate>
  </content>