<sex>

<sex> specifies the sex of a person. [13.3.2.1 Personal Characteristics]
Modulenamesdates — Names, Dates, People, and Places
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @style, @rendition)) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.editLike (@evidence, @instant) (att.dimensions (@unit, @quantity, @extent, @precision, @scope) (att.ranging (@atLeast, @atMost, @min, @max, @confidence)) ) (att.source (@source)) att.datable (@calendar, @period) (att.datable.w3c (@when, @notBefore, @notAfter, @from, @to)) (att.datable.iso (@when-iso, @notBefore-iso, @notAfter-iso, @from-iso, @to-iso)) (att.datable.custom (@when-custom, @notBefore-custom, @notAfter-custom, @from-custom, @to-custom, @datingPoint, @datingMethod))
valuesupplies a coded value for sex
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.

Member of
Contained by
namesdates: person personGrp
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="sex">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.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.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.editLike.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.dimensions.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ranging.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.w3c.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.iso.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.custom.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="value">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="data.sex"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element sex
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.editLike.attributes,
   att.dimensions.attributes,
   att.ranging.attributes,
   att.source.attributes,
   att.datable.attributes,
   att.datable.w3c.attributes,
   att.datable.iso.attributes,
   att.datable.custom.attributes,
   attribute value { list { data.sex+ } }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<sex value="M">male</sex>
Example
<sex value="2">female</sex>
Example
<sex value="I">Intersex</sex>
Example
<sex value="TG F">Female (TransWoman)</sex>
Note

As with other culturally-constructed traits such as age, the way in which this concept is described in different cultural contexts may vary. The normalizing attributes are provided only as an optional means of simplifying that variety to one or more external standards for purposes of interoperability, or project-internal taxonomies for consistency, and should not be used where that is inappropriate or unhelpful. The content of the element may be used to describe the intended concept in more detail, using plain text.