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<editor>

<editor> contains a secondary statement of responsibility for a bibliographic item, for example the name of an individual, institution or organization, (or of several such) acting as editor, compiler, translator, etc. [3.11.2.2. Titles, Authors, and Editors]
Modulecore
AttributesAttributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @rendition)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.naming (@role)
role
Status Optional
Legal values are:
translator
guest
chief
managing
technical
Member of
model.respLike
Contained by
core: bibl series
header: seriesStmt
May contain
core: abbr date email emph foreign gap graphic hi lb mentioned name note num ptr ref soCalled term title
figures: figure
header: idno
namesdates: affiliation forename orgName roleName surname
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
transcr: supplied
Declaration
element editor { attribute role { text }?, macro.phraseSeq }
Example
<editor>Eric Johnson</editor>
<editor role="illustrator">John Tenniel</editor>
Note

A consistent format should be adopted.

Particularly where cataloguing is likely to be based on the content of the header, it is advisable to use generally recognized authority lists for the exact form of personal names.