I decided to review the differences in the TEI P5 guidelines between <role> and "role" and <roleName>

1) <role>

• I did not have any use for this element because it signifies "the name of a dramatic role, as given in a cast list."

2) "role" in <person>

• I used this attribute in the names.xml file because it "specifies a primary role or classification for the person."

3) I used <roleName> within <persName> when it was part of the name in Old Norse, i.e. Sigurðr jarl for which I provided the translation "Earl Sigurd"

4) I revised the names.xml elements and attributes within the names.xml in order to be consistent with the tag usage described above. However, I think that there is a problem in my other xml files because I used King in <roleName> - with xml:lang="en" - outside of and prior to <persName> for kings in <desc> in my TEI Header. I did this because Old Norse kings are frequently referred to simply by their forename in Ynglinga Saga, and I did not want to mix xml:lang attributes within the <persName>. I am going to have give further thought to this and will likely have to do more revising. I am not sure if <roleName> can be used outside of <persName> in this manner.