<person>

<person> provides information about an identifiable individual, for example a participant in a language interaction, or a person referred to in a historical source. [13.3.2 The Person Element 15.2.2 The Participant Description]
Modulenamesdates — Names, Dates, People, and Places
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.editLike (@evidence, @instant) (att.dimensions (@unit, @quantity, @extent, @precision, @scope) (att.ranging (@atLeast, @atMost, @min, @max, @confidence)) ) (att.responsibility (@cert, @resp) (att.source (@source)) ) att.sortable (@sortKey)
rolespecifies a primary role or classification for the person.
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
separated by whitespace
Note

Values for this attribute may be locally defined by a project, using arbitrary keywords such as artist, employer, author, relative, or servant, each of which should be associated with a definition. Such local definitions will typically be provided by a valList element in the project schema specification.

sexspecifies the sex of the person.
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of 

<rng:ref name="data.sex"/>
data.sex
separated by whitespace
Note

Values for this attribute may be locally defined by a project, or may refer to an external standard, such as vCard's sex property http://microformats.org/wiki/gender-formats (in which M indicates male, F female, O other, N none or not applicable, U unknown), or the often used ISO 5218:2004 Representation of Human Sexes http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c036266_ISO_IEC_5218_2004(E_F).zip (in which 0 indicates unknown; 1 male; 2 female; and 9 not applicable, although the ISO standard is widely considered inadequate); cf. CETH's Recommendations for Inclusive Data Collection of Trans People http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=lib-data-collection.

agespecifies an age group for the person.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Note

Values for this attribute may be locally defined by a project, using arbitrary keywords such as infant, child, teen, adult, or senior, each of which should be associated with a definition. Such local definitions will typically be provided by a valList element in the project schema specification.

Member of
model.personLike
Contained by
corpus: particDesc
namesdates: listPerson org
May contain
analysis: interp interpGrp span spanGrp
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: bibl biblStruct cb gap gb index lb listBibl milestone note p pb
figures: figure notatedMusic
header: biblFull idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: ab alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp timeline
msdescription: msDesc
namesdates: affiliation age birth death education event faith floruit langKnowledge listEvent nationality occupation persName residence sex socecStatus state trait
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
textcrit: witDetail
transcr: addSpan damageSpan delSpan fw listTranspose metamark space substJoin
Declaration

<rng:element name="person">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.editLike.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.dimensions.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ranging.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.sortable.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="role">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="sex">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.sex"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="age">
   <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:choice>
  <rng:oneOrMore>
   <rng:ref name="model.pLike"/>
  </rng:oneOrMore>
  <rng:zeroOrMore>
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:ref name="model.personPart"/>
    <rng:ref name="model.global"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:zeroOrMore>
 </rng:choice>
</rng:element>
element person
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.editLike.attributes,
   att.dimensions.attributes,
   att.ranging.attributes,
   att.responsibility.attributes,
   att.source.attributes,
   att.sortable.attributes,
   attribute role { list { data.enumerated+ } }?,
   attribute sex { list { data.sex+ } }?,
   attribute age { data.enumerated }?,
   ( model.pLike+ | ( model.personPart | model.global )* )
}
Example
<person sex="F" age="adult">
 <p>Female respondent, well-educated, born in Shropshire UK, 12 Jan 1950, of unknown occupation. Speaks French fluently. Socio-Economic
   status B2.</p>
</person>
Example
<person sex="intersex" role="god"
 age="immortal">
 <persName>Hermaphroditos</persName>
 <persName xml:lang="grc">Ἑρμαφρόδιτος</persName>
</person>
Example
<person xml:id="Ovi01" sex="1" role="poet">
 <persName xml:lang="en">Ovid</persName>
 <persName xml:lang="la">Publius Ovidius Naso</persName>
 <birth when="-0044-03-20"> 20 March 43 BC <placeName>
   <settlement type="city">Sulmona</settlement>
   <country key="IT">Italy</country>
  </placeName>
 </birth>
 <death notBefore="0017" notAfter="0018">17 or 18 AD <placeName>
   <settlement type="city">Tomis (Constanta)</settlement>
   <country key="RO">Romania</country>
  </placeName>
 </death>
</person>
Note

May contain either a prose description organized as paragraphs, or a sequence of more specific demographic elements drawn from the model.personPart class.