<birth>

<birth> contains information about a person's birth, in particular its date and place.

Attributes

a date in ISO standard form (yyyy-mm-dd).

`date`	specifies the date of birth in an ISO standard form (yyyy-mm-dd).
	Datatype: %ISO-date
	Default: #IMPLIED

Example

<birth notBefore="1900" notAfter="1920">
Before 1920, East Midlands region.</birth>

Example

<birth date="1960-12-10">In a small cottage near
<name type=place>Solihull</name>,
early in the morning of <date>10 Dec 1960</date>
</birth>

Class ;

Declaration

<!ELEMENT birth- - ((#PCDATA|date|placeName|ptr|ref|note)*)> 
<!ATTLIST birth  
      %a.global;
      date %ISO-date #IMPLIED>

See further 2.2.4 Names of persons, places, and organizations

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