ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2015

8 Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Set, version 1.1 • 8.5 Attributes

8.5.72 @name-style Name Style

Style of processing requested for a structured personal name.

In elements <name> and <string-name>, this attribute will be assigned the value western by default.
Value Meaning
eastern The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.
given-only The single name provided is a given name, not a family name/surname. The single name will be both the sort and the display name.
islensk The name will both be displayed and sorted/inverted with the given name preceding the family name.
western The name will be displayed with the given name preceding the family name, but will be sorted/inverted with the family name preceding the given name.