Record Types 71  MS:  MaritalStatus  This frequent situation can be abbreviated by including the declaration  of the discriminating component - the so-called  tag field  - in the  case clause itself, i.e., by writing  case MS:  MaritalStatus  of  It is helpful to "outline" the information about a person before defining  it as a variant record structure.  Figure 7.g is a corresponding picture of two "sample" people with  different attributes.  jun  apr  wayne  elizabeth  169  female  I  27  I  1947  3  divorced  I  17  I  1981  false  }  (A)  {  }  (8)  {  }  (C)  [  }  (D)  [  }  (E)  [  }  (8  {  sep  whitcomb  william  186  male  I  12  I  I  single  1951  Figure  7.g  Two Sample People  1.  Person  A. name (last, first)  B. height (natural number)  C. sex (male, female)  D. date of birth (year, month, day)  E. number of dependents (natural number)  F.  marital status  a. date of marriage (year, month, day)  a. date of divorce (year, month, day)  b. first divorce (false, true)  if married, widowed  if divorced  if single 