.. _element-prefix:

<prefix>
========

+----------------------+-----------------+
| Appears in           | Frequency       |
+======================+=================+
| :ref:`element-name`  | Zero or once    |
+----------------------+-----------------+

Specifies a qualifier which precedes the surname of the author. It is generally used to identify qualifiers such as “Prof.”, “Dr.”, “Sir”, “President”, “Ambassador”, among others.

Exemplo:

.. code-block:: xml

    ...
    <name>
        <surname>Oliveira</surname>
        <given-names>Marcos de</given-names>
        <prefix>Prof.</prefix>
        ...
    </name>
    ...


.. {"reviewed_on": "20180516", "by": "fabio.batalha@erudit.org"}