<name>contains a proper noun or noun phrase.
Attributes:
typeindicates the type of thing being named.
Datatype: (person|female|place|org|other)
Legal values:
personnames a person, gender unknown or unmarked
femalenames a person, gender female
placenames a place
orgnames an organization
othernames some other entity
Default: "person"
roleindicates the role of the thing being named.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: Typical values for the Master project include scribe, binder,artist,owner, scholar,translator,annotator, compiler,adapter,dedicatee, patron,commissioner
Default: #IMPLIED
regprovides a regularized form of the name.
Datatype: CDATA
Values: The form supplied should conform to local norms and should be taken from an authority file
Default: #IMPLIED
keysupplies a reference to the unique identifier used for some other element, typically a <person>, which contains more detailed information about the thing being named.
Datatype: IDREF
Values: An element must exist elsewhere in the document with an id attribute taking the value specified
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
<name type="place">Villingaholt</name>
<name type="person" role="scribe">Hoccleve</name>
<name type="person" role="scribe" key="HOC001">Hoccleve</name>
<name type="org" role="owner" reg="Koninklijke Biblioteek">Royal Library</name>
Note

This is a redefinition of the standard TEI <name> element, with an additional attribute (role)

Declaration
- - (%phrase.seq;)
See further2.2.4. Names of persons, places, and organizations

Appendix A Reference Documentation for Elements and Classes