ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2015

7 Tag Suite Components

7.1 Elements

The tag name is the shorter machine-readable name used in tagged documents, DTDs and schemas, and by software; for example, the tag name <p> is used for the element named Paragraph. Tag names are surrounded by angle brackets. Element names appear next to the tag names, in bold. Element names are explanatory or expanded names for the elements. For example, the element name Last Page is an expansion of the tag name <lpage>.

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<tag> Element name
Element definition
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<abbrev> Abbreviation or Acronym

Abbreviation, acronym, or emoticon used in the text of a document, possibly including an expansion of the acronym.

  x     x     
<abbrev-journal-title> Abbreviated Journal Title

Short form of the title of the journal in which an article is published.

  x     x     x  
<abstract> Abstract

Summarized description of the content of a document or document component.

  x     x     x  
<access-date> Access Date for Cited Work

This element is deprecated; avoid using it. Use <date-in-citation>.

  x     x     x  
<ack> Acknowledgments

Textual material that names the parties who the author wishes to thank or recognize for their assistance in, for example, producing the work, funding the work, inspiring the work, or assisting in the research on which the work is based.

  x     x     x  
<addr-line> Address Line

One physical or logical line of an address.

  x     x     x  
<address> Address/Contact Information

Container element for contact information such as a postal address for a person or organization.

  x     x     x  
<aff> Affiliation

Name of an institution or organization (for example, university, corporation) with which a contributor is affiliated.

  x     x     x  
<aff-alternatives> Affiliation Alternatives

Container element to hold two or more representations of a single affiliation (for example, the name of a university in two or more languages such as both German and English).

  x     x     x  
<ali:free_to_read> Free to Read (NISO Access License and Indicators)

A flag indicating that the document content can be read or viewed at its current location by any user without payment or authentication.

  x     x     x  
<ali:license_ref> License Reference (NISO Access License and Indicators)

A reference to a URI that carries the license terms specifying how a work may be used.

  x     x     x  
<alt-text> Alternate Text Name (for a figure, etc.)

Word or phrase used to provide a very short textual name, description, or purpose-statement for a structure such as a graphic or figure.

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<alt-title> Alternate Title

An alternative or different version of the title of a work.

  x     x     x  
<alternatives> Alternatives For Processing

Container element used to hold a group of processing alternatives, for example, a single <graphic> that ships in several formats (tif, gif, and jpeg) or in different resolutions. This element is a physical grouping to contain multiple logically equivalent (substitutable) versions of the same information object. Typically these are processing alternatives, and the reader is expected to see only one version of the object.

  x     x     x  
<annotation> Annotation in a Citation

Commentary, summary, review, or similar non-bibliographic information concerning the cited work.

  x     x     x  
<anonymous> Anonymous

Placeholder for the name of a contributor where the actual name is unknown or not disclosed.

  x     x     x  
<app> Appendix

Additional material added to a document that typically follows the body of the document. This is ancillary or supporting material, not a direct continuation of the text of the document.

  x     x     x  
<app-group> Appendix Group

Container element for one or more appendices (<app> elements).

  x     x     
<array> Array (Simple Tabulation)

Tabular arrangement of text in the narrative flow of the document. Unlike a <table-wrap>, an array does not contain a label, title, caption, or table headings (column heads).

  x     x     x  
<article> Article

A journal article.

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<article-categories> Article Grouping Data

Container element for elements that may be used to group articles into related clusters, for example, by subject matter or by series.

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<article-id> Article Identifier

Unique external identifier assigned to an article.

  x     x     x  
<article-meta> Article Metadata

Container element for information concerning the article that identifies or describes the article.

  x     x     x  
<article-title> Article Title

Full title of an article.

  x     x     x  
<attrib> Attribution

Container element for information concerning the origin of an extract, display quote, poetry, or similar element.

  x     x     x  
<author-comment> Author Comment

Textual material associated with a contributor.

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<author-notes> Author Note Group

Container element for notes about the article’s contributors.

  x     x     x  
<award-group> Award Group

Container element for information concerning one award under which the work (or the research on which the work was based) was supported.

  x     x     x  
<award-id> Award Identifier

Unique identifier assigned to an award, contract, or grant.

  x     x     x  
<back> Back Matter

Material published with an article but following the narrative flow.

  x     x     x  
<bio> Biography

Biographical data concerning a contributor or the description of a collaboration.

  x     x     x  
<body> Body of the Document

Main textual portion of the document that conveys the narrative content.

  x     x     x  
<bold> Bold

Used to mark text that should appear in bold face.

  x     x     x  
<boxed-text> Boxed Text

Textual material that is part of the body but is outside the flow of the narrative text (for example, a sidebar).

  x     x     x  
<break> Line Break

An explicit line break in the text.

  x     x     x  
<caption> Caption of a Figure, Table, etc.

Container element for the textual description that is associated with an object (for example, with a <fig> or <table-wrap>).

  x     x     x  
<chapter-title> Chapter Title in a Citation

Title of a cited book chapter.

  x     x     x  
<chem-struct> Chemical Structure (Display)

Chemical expression, reaction, equation, etc. that is set apart within the text.

  x     x     x  
<chem-struct-wrap> Chemical Structure Wrapper

Wrapper element for a chemical expression, reaction, equation, etc. that is set apart from the text; includes any number, label, or caption that accompanies the chemical expression.

  x     x     x  
<citation-alternatives> Citation Alternatives

Holds alternative versions of a single citation, for example, the same citation in multiple languages or a single citation tagged as both a <mixed-citation> complete with punctuation and spacing preserved and as an <element-citation> with punctuation and spacing removed.

  x     x     x  
<city> City

The name of a city.

  x     x     x  
<code> Code

A container element for technical content such as programming language code, pseudo-code, schemas, or a markup fragment.

  x     x     x  
<col> Table Column (NISO JATS table model)

The description of one column of a table, used to provide attributes relating to a specific column. If there is no <col> these attributes will be inherited from the associated <colgroup>. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL col element.)

  x     x     x  
<colgroup> Table Column Group (NISO JATS table model)

A container element to hold column descriptions (element <col>) for a group of columns in a table—or for all of the columns in the table if there is only one <colgroup> in the table. Attributes on the <colgroup> apply to all of the columns in the group unless over-ridden on the <col>. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL colgroup element.)

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<collab> Collaborative (Group) Author

Group of contributors credited under a single name; includes an organization credited as a contributor.

  x     x     x  
<collab-alternatives> Collaboration Alternatives

Wrapper element for more than one version of a single collaboration, such as the name of a laboratory in more than one language, for example, a laboratory name in Japanese Kana characters and a transliterated form of the laboratory name in the Latin alphabet.

  x     x     x  
<comment> Comment in a Citation

Container element for unstructured text within a bibliographic reference.

  x     x     x  
<compound-kwd> Compound Keyword

Wrapper element for multi-part keywords (for example, a code and its meaning).

  x     x     x  
<compound-kwd-part> Compound Keyword Part

Individual component of a multi-part keyword (for example, a code, the code’s meaning).

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<compound-subject> Compound Subject Name

Wrapper element to hold all the parts of a multi-part subject (for example, a subject term and the code representing that term).

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<compound-subject-part> Compound Subject Part Name

Individual component of a multi-part subject (for example, subject term, code for the term).

  x     x     x  
<conf-acronym> Conference Acronym

Short, popular, or jargon name for a conference (for example, Extreme for Extreme Markup Languages, SIGGRAPH for Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics).

  x     x     x  
<conf-date> Conference Date

Date(s) on which a conference was held.

  x     x     x  
<conf-loc> Conference Location

Physical location(s) of a conference (for example, city, country, campus, organization location).

  x     x     x  
<conf-name> Conference Name

Full name of a conference, including any qualifiers such as 43rd Annual.

  x     x     x  
<conf-num> Conference Number

Sequential number of a conference.

  x     x     x  
<conf-sponsor> Conference Sponsor

One organization identified as a sponsor of a conference.

  x     x     x  
<conf-theme> Conference Theme

Theme, slogan, or major subject area of a conference.

  x     x     x  
<conference> Conference Information

Container element to contain information about a single conference and its proceedings.

  x     x     x  
<contrib> Contributor

Container element for information about a single author, editor, or other contributor.

  x     x     x  
<contrib-group> Contributor Group

Container element for one or more contributors and information about those contributors.

  x     x     x  
<contrib-id> Contributor Identifier

One identifier for a person such as a contributor or principal investigator. This element will hold an ORCID, a trusted publisher’s identifier, a JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) identifier, or an NII (National Individual Identifier).

  x     x     
<corresp> Correspondence Information

Information concerning how and with whom to correspond about an article.

  x     x     
<count> Count

Generic count element to count anything a NISO JATS user organization may wish to count in a document. The @count-type attribute will name what is being counted (such as footnotes, tables, sections, contributors, images, etc.) The @count attribute will state how many of the objects are in the document.

  x     x     x  
<country> Country: in an Address

Country name used within an address.

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<counts> Counts

Container element for counts of a document (for example, number of tables, number of figures, number of words).

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<custom-meta> Custom Metadata

Wrapper element for a single piece of metadata not otherwise defined in the Tag Suite.

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<custom-meta-group> Custom Metadata Group

Container element for metadata not otherwise defined in the Tag Suite.

  x     x     x  
<data-title> Data Title

The formal title or name of a cited data source (or a component of a cited data source) such as a dataset or spreadsheet.

  x     x     x  
<date> Date

Container element for the parts of a single calendar date.

  x     x     x  
<date-in-citation> Date within a Citation

Non-publication date used within a bibliographic reference. Replaces deprecated elements <access-date> and <time-stamp>.

  x     x     x  
<day> Day

Numeric, two-digit value of the day of the month.

  x     x     x  
<def> Definition List: Definition

Definition, explanation, or expansion of a word, phrase, or abbreviation.

  x     x     x  
<def-head> Definition List: Definition Head

Heading over the second column (the definition column) of a definition list (two-part list).

  x     x     x  
<def-item> Definition List: Definition Item

One item in a definition (two-part) list.

  x     x     x  
<def-list> Definition List

List in which each item consists of two parts: 1) a word, phrase, term, graphic, chemical structure, or equation, that is paired with 2) one or more descriptions, discussions, explanations, or definitions of it.

  x     x     x  
<degrees> Degree(s)

Academic titles or professional certifications displayed following a personal name (for example, MD, PhD).

  x     x     x  
<disp-formula> Formula, Display

Mathematical equation, expression, or formula that is to be displayed as a block (callout) within the narrative flow.

  x     x     x  
<disp-formula-group> Formula, Display Group

Container element for equations or other mathematical expressions.

  x     x     x  
<disp-quote> Quote, Displayed

Extract or extended quoted passage from another work, usually made typographically distinct from surrounding text.

  x     x     x  
<edition> Edition Statement, Cited

The full edition statement for a cited or referenced publication.

  x     x     x  
<element-citation> Element Citation

Bibliographic description of a work. Includes bibliographic reference elements only. Does not include untagged text, spacing, or punctuation.

  x     x     x  
<elocation-id> Electronic Location Identifier

Bibliographic identifier for a document that does not have traditional printed page numbers.

  x     x     x  
<email> Email Address

Electronic mail address of a person or institution.

  x     x     
<equation-count> Equation Count

Number of <disp-formula> elements that appear in the document.

  x     x     x  
<era> Era of Time

A specified range of years that is named for an event, political ruler, or characterization of the timespan.

  x     x     x  
<etal> Et Al.

Indicator of the presence of unnamed contributors. Typically indicated in print with the text et al. or with an ellipsis.

  x     x     x  
<fax> Fax Number: in an Address

Portion of an address that contains a fax number.

  x     x     x  
<fig> Figure

Block of graphic or textual material that is identified as a figure, usually bearing a caption and a label such as Figure 3. or Figure.

  x     x     
<fig-count> Figure Count

Number of <fig> elements that appear in the document.

  x     x     
<fig-group> Figure Group

Container element for figures that are to be displayed together.

  x     x     x  
<fixed-case> Fixed Case

Used to mark text in which the case of the content should not be changed, even if the content around it is styled to all upper case or all lower.

  x     x     
<floats-group> Floating Element Group

Container element for floating objects (figures, tables, text boxes, graphics, etc.) that occur within an article. Occurs outside of the narrative flow of the article.

  x     x     x  
<fn> Footnote

Additional information tied to a particular location in the text. This material is not considered to be part of the body of the text, but is a note used instead of, in addition to, as a source for, or as a commentary on either some body text or on an element in the metadata such as an author.

  x     x     x  
<fn-group> Footnote Group

Container element for footnotes that appear at the end of the document.

  x     x     x  
<fpage> First Page

Page number on which a document starts.

  x     x     x  
<front> Front Matter

Container element for the metadata of an article and the journal in which it was published.

  x     x     
<front-stub> Stub Front Metadata

Reduced set of metadata for use in <sub-article> and <response>, both of which are contained within an article. Any metadata not explicitly tagged in the front-stub is inherited from <article-meta> in the enclosing article.

  x     x     x  
<funding-group> Funding Group

Container element for information about the funding of the research reported in the article (for example, grants, contracts, sponsors) and any open access fees for the article itself.

  x     x     x  
<funding-source> Funding Source

Agency or organization that funded the research on which a work was based.

  x     x     x  
<funding-statement> Funding Statement

Displayable prose statement that describes the funding for the research on which a work was based.

  x     x     x  
<given-names> Given (First) Names

All given names of a person, such as the first name, middle names, maiden name if used as part of the married name, etc.

  x     x     x  
<glossary> Glossary Elements List

Section whose content is typically a list of terms and definitions, usually tagged as one or more two-part lists called <def-list>. Typically part of the back matter of a document.

  x     x     x  
<glyph-data> Glyph Data for a Private Character

Most characters in an XML document can be expressed as regular Unicode® codes. Characters not in the Unicode Standard tables have traditionally been expressed as explicit font calls (non-portable), created as inline graphics, or defined in one of the Unicode private-use areas where users may define their own characters. The <glyph-data> element is used when there is known to be no font available to render a private-use character. This element provides information on the actual glyph that is associated with the private-use character.

  x     x     x  
<glyph-ref> Glyph Reference for a Private Character

Once a private character has been declared using a <glyph-data> element, the character need not be defined with the same <glyph-data> element every time it is used. The character can be reused by using the <glyph-ref> element to point to the full <glyph-data> element. The pointing uses the ID/IDREF mechanism, using the @glyph-data attribute of the <glyph-ref> element to point to the @id attribute of an existing <glyph-data> element. Since the reference uses the ID/IDREF, the reference may precede or follow the element to which it is pointing.

  x     x     x  
<gov> Government Report, Cited

Container element for the identification information (typically the title and/or an identification number) for a cited governmental report or other government publication.

  x     x     x  
<graphic> Graphic

Description of and pointer to an external file containing a still image.

  x     x     
<history> History: Document History

Container element for dates related to the processing history of the document (for example, received date, accepted date).

  x     x     x  
<hr> Horizontal Rule

An explicit horizontal rule.

  x     x     x  
<inline-formula> Formula, Inline

Mathematical equation, expression, or formula that is to be displayed inline. The mathematics itself can be expressed as ASCII characters, as a graphic, or using TeX, LaTeX, or MathML mathematics expressions.

  x     x     x  
<inline-graphic> Graphic, Inline

Description of and pointer to an external graphic that is displayed or set in the same line as the text.

  x     x     x  
<inline-supplementary-material> Inline Supplementary Material Metadata

Inline description of, and possibly a pointer to, an external file that provides supplementary information for the document.

  x     x     x  
<institution> Institution Name: in an Address

Name of an institution or organization (for example, a university or corporation).

  x     x     x  
<institution-id> Institution Identifier

A externally defined institutional identifier, whether publisher-specific (for example AIP) or from an established identifying authority (for example, Ringgold or ISNI).

  x     x     x  
<institution-wrap> Institution Wrapper

A wrapper element to hold both the name of an institution (<institution>) and any identifiers for that institution (<institution-id>), for example, an INSI or Ringgold ID.

  x     x     x  
<isbn> ISBN

International Standard Book Number, the international code for identifying a particular product form or edition of a publication, typically a monographic publication.

  x     x     x  
<issn> ISSN

International Standard Serial Number, the international code that uniquely identifies a serial publication title.

  x     x     x  
<issn-l> ISSN-L (Linking ISSN)

An ISSN designated by an ISSN Centre to group together the different media versions of a work. Since a single ISSN-L is assigned no matter how many media formats of a work there are, the ISSN-L can be used to link among the different media versions of the work or continuing resource, for example, both the printed and online versions of the work.

  x     x     x  
<issue> Issue Number

Issue number of a journal, or in rare instances, a book.

  x     x     x  
<issue-id> Issue Identifier

Name or identifier of an entire journal issue (for example, a DOI).

  x     x     x  
<issue-part> Issue Part

Number, name, or other identifier of a sub-part of a journal issue.

  x     x     
<issue-sponsor> Issue Sponsor

Sponsor for an issue of the journal.

  x     x     x  
<issue-title> Issue Title

Theme or special title for a journal issue.

  x     x     x  
<italic> Italic

Used to mark text that should appear in an italic or slanted font.

  x     x     x  
<journal-id> Journal Identifier

Short code or abbreviation used as an identifier for a journal.

  x     x     
<journal-meta> Journal Metadata

Container element for metadata about the journal in which the article was published.

  x     x     
<journal-subtitle> Journal Subtitle (Full)

Full subtitle of the journal in which the article was published.

  x     x     
<journal-title> Journal Title (Full)

Full title of the journal in which the article was published.

  x     x     
<journal-title-group> Journal Title Group

Container element for the titles of the journal in which the article was published.

  x     x     x  
<kwd> Keyword

A keyword is a finding aid used to record one subject term, key phrase, abbreviation, indexing word, taxonomic structure, or other expression that is associated with the whole structure (such as an article). Keywords can be used for identification, searching, and indexing purposes. A keyword element (<kwd>) may contain a repetition of words found in the structure or it may contain broader terms, narrower terms, related terms, or taxonomic identifiers used to find the structure in a search or provide semantic classification of the text by mapping a specific structure to a taxonomy.

  x     x     x  
<kwd-group> Keyword Group

Container element for one set of keywords (such as <kwd>s, <nested-kwd>s, or <compound-kwd>s) used to describe a document.

  x     x     x  
<label> Label (of an Equation, Figure, Reference, etc.)

Number and/or prefix word placed at the beginning of display elements (for example, equation, statement, figure).

  x     x     x  
<license> License Information

Set of conditions under which the content may be used, accessed, and distributed.

  x     x     x  
<license-p> License Paragraph

Paragraph of text within the description of a <license>.

  x     x     x  
<list> List

Sequence of two or more items, which may or may not be ordered.

  x     x     x  
<list-item> List Item

Single item (one entry) in a list of items.

  x     x     x  
<long-desc> Long Description

Full description or summary of the content of an object such as a graphic, table, figure, or text box.

  x     x     x  
<lpage> Last Page

Page number on which a document ends.

  x     x     x  
<media> Media Object

Description of and pointer to an external file that holds a media object (for example, an animation, a movie).

  x     x     
<meta-name> Metadata Data Name for Custom Metadata

Name of a single piece of metadata not otherwise defined in the Tag Suite.

  x     x     
<meta-value> Metadata Data Value for Custom Metadata

Value of a single piece of metadata not otherwise defined in the Tag Suite.

  x     x     
<milestone-end> Milestone End

End of a non-hierarchically nested object (for example, a textual component which cannot be expressed in the normal non-overlapping tree structure of an XML document).

  x     x     
<milestone-start> Milestone Start

Start of a non-hierarchically nested object (for example, a textual component which cannot be expressed in the normal non-overlapping tree structure of an XML document).

  x     x     x  
<mixed-citation> Mixed Citation

Bibliographic description of a work. Includes a combination of bibliographic reference elements and untagged text. Spacing and punctuation are preserved.

  x     x     x  
<mml:math> Math (MathML Tag Set)

Use documentation for the Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Tag Set (http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML3/ or http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/).

  x     x     x  
<monospace> Monospace Text (Typewriter Text)

Used to mark text that should appear in a non-proportional font, such as courier.

  x     x     x  
<month> Month

Names one of the months of the year, such as July or 07.

  x     x     x  
<name> Name of Person

Container element for the component elements of personal names, such as a <surname>.

  x     x     x  
<name-alternatives> Name Alternatives

Container element for more than one version of a personal name, the element <name> (for example, the name written in both Japanese Kana characters and the Latin alphabet).

  x     x     x  
<named-content> Named Special (Subject) Content

Word or phrase whose content/subject matter has distinct semantics or content-related significance.

  x     x     x  
<nested-kwd> Nested Keyword

A hierarchically-structured keyword, such as a keywords from a taxonomy.

  x     x     x  
<nlm-citation> NLM Citation

This element is deprecated; avoid using it. Use <element-citation>.

  x     x     
<note> Note in a Reference List

Non-citation content inside a bibliographic reference list.

  x     x     
<notes> Notes

Section-like container element for one or more notes that are not part of the narrative flow (for example, note added in proof, dedication).

  x     x     x  
<object-id> Object Identifier

Unique identifier (such as a DOI or URI) for a component within an article (for example, for a figure or a table).

  x     x     x  
<on-behalf-of> On Behalf of

When a contributor is acting as a representative of an organization, he/she is said to have written or edited a work on behalf of that organization or group, and this element holds the name of the organization or group.

  x     x     x  
<open-access> Open Access

Open access provisions that apply to a work or the funding information that provided the open access provisions.

  x     x     x  
<overline> Overline

Used to mark text that should appear with a horizontal line above each character.

  x        
<overline-end> Overline End

Milestone indicating the end of overline emphasis.

  x        
<overline-start> Overline Start

Milestone indicating the beginning of overline emphasis.

  x     x     x  
<p> Paragraph

Textual unit or block; a textual paragraph.

  x     x     x  
<page-count> Page Count

Total number of pages in a work in print; by convention, each page or partial page is counted as one. Electronic-only works do not traditionally have page counts.

  x     x     x  
<page-range> Page Ranges

Text describing discontinuous pagination (for example, 8-11, 14-19, 40).

  x     x     x  
<part-title> Part Title in a Citation

Title of part of a book (for example, chapter, module) described in a bibliographic reference.

  x     x     x  
<patent> Patent Number, Cited

Identification information for a patent in a bibliographic reference or product.

  x     x     x  
<permissions> Permissions

Container element for copyright and license information.

  x     x     x  
<person-group> Person Group for a Cited Publication

Container element for one or more contributors in a bibliographic reference.

  x     x     x  
<phone> Phone Number: in an Address

Portion of an address which contains a phone number.

  x     x     x  
<postal-code> Postal Code

A postal number such as a zip-code or postal code used to address physical mail.

  x     x     x  
<prefix> Prefix

Honorifics or other qualifiers that usually precede a person’s name (for example, Professor, Rev., President, Senator, Dr., Sir, The Honorable).

  x     x     x  
<preformat> Preformatted Text

Text in which spaces, tabs, and line feeds must be preserved. Content is typically displayed in monofont to preserve character alignment.

  x     x     x  
<price> Price

Sale price or licensing fees of a work.

  x     x     x  
<principal-award-recipient> Principal Award Recipient

Individual(s) or institution(s) to whom the award was given (for example, the principal grant holder or the sponsored individual).

  x     x     x  
<principal-investigator> Principal Investigator

Individual(s) responsible for the intellectual content of the work reported in the document.

  x     x     x  
<private-char> Private Character (Custom or Unicode)

Custom character supplied by a publisher, or a custom character from the Unicode private-use area, for which a bitmap or other representation of the glyph is included in or with the XML. The glyph may be represented as an inline graphic, an explicit bitmap glyph, or a reference to a previously defined character.

  x     x     x  
<product> Product Information

Container element for the metadata concerning one product (for example, a book, software package, website, or hardware component) discussed in an article.

  x     x     
<pub-date> Publication Date

Container element for the parts of a single date associated with an article’s publication (for example, date preprint was released, date article was published in print).

  x     x     x  
<pub-id> Publication Identifier for a Cited Publication

Identifier of a publication in a bibliographic reference or product description.

  x     x     
<publisher> Publisher

Container element for information about the person, company, or other entity that published a work.

  x     x     x  
<publisher-loc> Publisher’s Location

Place of publication, usually a city, such as New York or London.

  x     x     x  
<publisher-name> Publisher’s Name

Name of the person, company, or other entity that published a work.

  x     x     x  
<rb> Ruby Base Text

This element is one half of a Ruby annotation (<ruby>), and it contains the narrative text in the document, which may be as short as a single character, to which a Ruby Textual Annotation (<rt>) should be applied.

  x     x     x  
<ref> Reference Item

One item in a bibliographic list.

  x     x     
<ref-count> Reference Count

Number of references or citations that appear in a bibliographic reference list.

  x     x     x  
<ref-list> Reference List (Bibliographic)

List of bibliographic references for a document or document component.

  x     x     x  
<related-article> Related Article Information

Description of a journal article related to the content but published separately. May include a link to the related article.

  x     x     
<response> Response

Reply, response, or commentary concerning the journal article. In the typical case, the response is included in the same XML package as the original article, attached at the end of the article proper. Metadata that differs from that of the original article (for example, title, author), may be captured using the <front-stub> element; if the <front-stub> element is used, any metadata not specifically tagged is inherited from the original article.

  x     x     x  
<role> Role or Function Title of Contributor

Title or role of a contributor to a work (for example, editor-in-chief, chief scientist, photographer, research associate).

  x     x     x  
<roman> Roman

Used to mark text that should remain in roman script no matter what style the surrounding text takes on.

  x        
<rp> Ruby Parenthesis

Used to provide spacing and a parenthesis to surround Ruby Text (<rt>), for older systems that do not handle Ruby formatting properly

  x     x     x  
<rt> Ruby Textual Annotation

This element is one half of a Ruby annotation (<ruby>), and it contains the text that annotates the material in the Ruby Base (<rb>), which may be a small as a single character.

  x     x     x  
<ruby> Ruby Annotation Wrapper

An inline wrapper element that surrounds some of the document narrative text in the same way a bold or italic emphasis would. The <ruby> element contains a Ruby Base (<rb> element) which contains the document text and a Ruby Textual Annotation (<rt> element) that applies to that base text.

  x     x     x  
<sans-serif> Sans Serif

Used to mark text that should appear in a sans-serif font.

  x     x     x  
<sc> Small Caps

Used to mark text that should appear in a font that creates smaller capital letters.

  x     x     x  
<season> Season

Season of publication (for example, Spring, Third Quarter).

  x     x     x  
<sec> Section

Headed group of material; the basic structural unit of the body of a document.

  x     x     
<sec-meta> Section Metadata

Container element for section-level metadata that is different from the parent document.

  x     x     x  
<self-uri> URI for This Same Article Online

URI for another version of a document. This element may be used when the document is available in multiple forms (for example, printed article and in its expanded version with additional graphics available online).

  x     x     x  
<series> Series

Series information about a journal or book in a bibliographic reference or product.

  x     x     
<series-text> Series Text: Header Text to Describe

Textual description of the series of articles that is named in a <series-title> element.

  x     x     
<series-title> Series Title

Title of the journal series (bibliographic) or series of articles internal to one issue of a journal

  x     x     
<sig> Signature

One contributor’s signature and associated material (such as a text restatement of the affiliation) inside a signature block.

  x     x     
<sig-block> Signature Block

Area of text and graphic material placed at the end of the body of a document or document component to hold the graphic signature or description of the person(s) responsible for or attesting to the content.

  x     x     x  
<size> Size

Size of a resource or object described in a bibliographic reference or product. The @units attribute must be used to name the units of measure (for example, minutes, hours, linear feet, pages).

  x     x     x  
<source> Source

Title of a document (for example, journal, book, conference proceedings) that contains (is the source of) the material being cited in a bibliographic reference or product.

  x     x     x  
<speaker> Speaker

One who utters one segment of a speech or dialog.

  x     x     x  
<speech> Speech

One exchange (a single speech) in a real or imaginary conversation between two or more entities.

  x     x     x  
<state> State or Province

The name of a state, province, territory or other political unit used in an address. This is a lower-level subdivision than a country, but higher than a city, county, or parish. The names for such a unit vary geopolitically.

  x     x     x  
<statement> Statement, Formal

Theorem, Lemma, Proof, Postulate, Hypothesis, Proposition, Corollary, or other formal statement, identified as such with a label and usually made typographically distinct from the surrounding text.

  x     x     x  
<std> Standard, Cited

Identification information (typically the standard number, organization name, and title of the standard) for a cited standard, where standard is defined as a document produced by a recognized standards body such as NISO, IEEE, ISO, OASIS, ANSI, etc.

  x     x     x  
<std-organization> Standards Organization

The name of the standards body that created or that promulgates a standard, such as NISO, ISO, ANSI, or industry standards organizations.

  x     x     x  
<strike> Strike Through

Used to mark text that should appear with a line through it so as to appear struck out.

  x        
<string-conf> String Conference Name

Sequence and flow of an extended conference name (for example, The Learned Society’s Conference on What’s Hot at the University of Wherever on 21–27 July 2011).

  x     x     
<string-date> Date as a String

Date represented as text.

  x     x     x  
<string-name> Name of Person (Unstructured)

Container element for personal names captured with mixed-content where the order of the name components is not enforced.

  x     x     x  
<styled-content> Styled Special (Subject) Content

Stylistically distinct word or phrase within the text that cannot be tagged using any of the other mechanisms for such content. In other words, the content cannot be described with bold, italic, monospace or any of the other emphasis elements, and <named-content> is inappropriate because the semantic reason behind the typographic distinction is unknown or not clear.

  x     x     x  
<sub> Subscript

Used to mark text that should appear lower than the baseline and slightly smaller; inferior or subscript text.

  x     x     
<sub-article> Sub-article

An article that is completely contained inside another article.

  x     x     
<subj-group> Subject Group

Container element for the subject matter designations describing a document’s content or a component document’s content. Subjects are used to organize documents into groupings (potentially hierarchical groupings) for display or print.

  x     x     
<subject> Subject Grouping Name

Name of one subject or topic used to describe an article. Such topics and groupings of topics are typically used to provide headings for groups of documents or document components in a printed, or online, generated Table of Contents.

  x     x     x  
<subtitle> Document Subtitle

Subordinate part of a title for a document or document component.

  x     x     x  
<suffix> Suffix

Qualifiers that follow a person’s name (for example, Sr., Jr., III, 3rd).

  x     x     x  
<sup> Superscript

Used to mark text that should appear higher than the baseline and slightly smaller; superior or superscript text.

  x     x     x  
<supplement> Supplement Information

Container element for all information particular to a supplement or for any work published as a supplement (for example, identification numbers, supplement titles, supplement series information).

  x     x     x  
<supplementary-material> Supplementary Material Metadata

Container element for a description of, and possibly a pointer to, external resources that support the article, but which are not part of the content of the article.

  x     x     x  
<surname> Surname

Surname of a person.

  x     x     x  
<table> Table (NISO JATS table model)

The rows and columns part of a full table. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL table element.)

  x     x     
<table-count> Table Count

Number of <table-wrap> elements that appear in the document.

  x     x     x  
<table-wrap> Table Wrapper

Wrapper element for a complete table, including the tabular material (rows and columns), caption (including title), footnotes, and alternative descriptions of the table for purposes of accessibility.

  x     x     x  
<table-wrap-foot> Table Wrapper Footer

Container element to hold the footnotes, general notes, or other paragraphs at the end of a table. This element does not contain tabular data.

  x     x     
<table-wrap-group> Table Wrapper Group

Container element for tables (<table-wrap> elements) that are to be displayed together.

  x     x     x  
<target> Target of an Internal Link

Anchor or fixed location that acts as the target for a cross-reference.

  x     x     x  
<tbody> Table Body (NISO JATS table model)

Container element that holds the rows and columns in one of the body (as opposed to the header) portions of a table.

  x     x     x  
<td> Table Data Cell (NISO JATS table model)

One ordinary cell in the body of a table, as opposed to a cell in the table header. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL td element.)

  x     x     x  
<term> Definition List: Term

Word, phrase, graphic, chemical structure, equation, or other noun that is being defined or described.

This element is typically used in conjunction with a definition in a definition list (two-part list). The term occupies the first column of the two-part list and is the subject of the definition or description, which occupies the second column.

  x     x     x  
<term-head> Definition List: Term Head

Heading over the first column (the term column) of a definition list (two-part list).

  x     x     
<tex-math> TeX Math Equation

Used to hold encoded math, expressed in TeX or LaTeX.

  x     x     x  
<textual-form> Textual Form

This element holds text (mixed content) in places where alternatives can be presented, providing a textual alternative. For example, inside the <alternatives> wrapper element, a <textual-form> can provide an alternative version of an equation, graphic, or table. This alternative textual version may be a direct textual representation of an object (such as a Unicode value for a special character or the full text of an equation in ASCII characters), or a simplified textual version of the object (for display by devices not able to cope with the object), or a text-dump of the contents of a binary object (for example, the full text-dump of the cells of a table to accompany a graphic version of the table).

  x     x     x  
<tfoot> Table Footer (NISO JATS table model)

The footer rows and columns within a NISO JATS table. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL tfoot element.)

  x     x     x  
<th> Table Header Cell (NISO JATS table model)

One cell in the table header, as opposed to an ordinary cell in the body of a table. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL th element.)

  x     x     x  
<thead> Table Header (NISO JATS table model)

Container element for the table header rows of a table. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL thead element.)

  x     x     x  
<time-stamp> Time Stamp for Cited Work

This element is deprecated; avoid using it. Use <date-in-citation>.

  x     x     x  
<title> Title

Heading or title for a structural element (for example, <sec>, <app>, <boxed-text>).

  x     x     x  
<title-group> Title Group

Container element to hold the various titles for a document or a document component.

  x     x     x  
<tr> Table Row (NISO JATS table model)

Container element for all the cells in a single table row. (This element is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL tr element.)

  x     x     
<trans-abstract> Translated Abstract

Abstract that has been translated into a language other than that in which the work was originally published.

  x     x     x  
<trans-source> Translated Source

Title of the source (for example, journal, book, conference proceedings) containing material being cited in a bibliographic reference or product, when the title is translated into a language other than that in which it was originally published.

  x     x     
<trans-subtitle> Translated Subtitle

Document or document component subtitle that has been translated into a language other than that of the original document or document component subtitle.

  x     x     x  
<trans-title> Translated Title

Title of a document or document part that has been translated into a language other than that of the original publication. When a document is published simultaneously in more than one language, one language must be chosen for the title and all other document titles become translated titles.

  x     x     
<trans-title-group> Translated Title Group

Container element for translated and transliterated titles.

  x     x     x  
<underline> Underline

Used to mark text that should appear with a horizontal line beneath it.

  x        
<underline-end> Underline End

Milestone indicating the end of underlined text.

  x        
<underline-start> Underline Start

Milestone indicating the start of underlined text.

  x        
<unstructured-kwd-group> Unstructured Keyword Group

Container element for one set of keywords used to describe a document, where the individual keywords are not tagged as separate <kwd>s but instead are all run together in one long text field.

  x     x     x  
<uri> Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)

Identifies a Uniform Resource Identifier (such as a URL) that may be used as a live link, typically naming a website, such as: <uri>http://www.mulberrytech.com</uri>).

  x     x     x  
<verse-group> Verse Form for Poetry

Song, poem, or verse.

  x     x     x  
<verse-line> Line of a Verse

One line of a poem or verse.

  x     x     x  
<version> Version Statement

A full version statement, which may be only a number, for data or software that is cited or described

  x     x     x  
<volume> Volume Number

Number of a journal (or other document) within a series.

  x     x     x  
<volume-id> Volume Identifier

Name or identifier (for example, DOI) that describes an entire volume.

  x     x     
<volume-issue-group> Volume Issue Grouping

A grouping element to hold related volume and issue elements

  x     x     x  
<volume-series> Volume Series

Series number of a journal volume for the rare case where a single journal has multiple volumes with the same volume number.

  x     x     
<word-count> Word Count

The approximate number of words that appear in a document or document component.

  x        
<x> X - Generated Text and Punctuation

Generated text or punctuation. Typically used when:

  • an archive decides not to have text generated on display and thus to pre-generate such things as commas or semicolons between keywords, or

  • an archive receives text with <x> tags embedded and wishes to retain them.

  x     x     x  
<xref> X (cross) Reference

Reference to an object within the document (for example, a table, a bibliographic citation).

  x     x     x  
<year> Year

Representation, usually numerical, of a calendar year.

7.2 Attributes

The attribute name is the shorter machine-readable name used in tagged documents, DTDs and schemas, and by software; for example, the attribute name @sec-type is used for the attribute informally named Type of Section. Attribute names are preceded by an @ symbol. Informal expanded attribute names appear next to the attribute names, in bold. Informal expanded names are explanatory or expanded names for the attributes. For example, the informal expanded attribute name Type of People in the Person Group is an expansion of the tag name @person-group-type.

Archiving Publishing Authoring
@attr Attribute name
Attribute definition
  x     x     x  
@abbr Abbreviation (NISO JATS table model)

An abbreviated version of the cell’s content. This allows visual browsers to use the short form if space is limited, and non-visual browsers can give a cell’s header information in an abbreviated form before rendering each cell. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL abbr attribute.)

  x     x     
@abbrev-type Type of Journal Title Abbreviation

Identifier of the authority that defined the abbreviation (for example, nlm-ta for an NLM title abbreviation, publisher for a publisher-specific abbreviation).

  x     x     x  
@abstract-type Type of Abstract

Type or style of abstract as identified by the publisher (for example, short, graphic, ASCII, stereochemical).

  x     x     x  
@align Horizontal Alignment (NISO JATS table model)

Sets the horizontal (line) alignment inside a table cell. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL align attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@alt Alternative Text

Word or phrase that serves as a textual alternative for the element.

  x     x     
@alt-title-type Type of Alternate Title

Reason for or purpose of an alternate title (for example, toc for a title used in a Table of Contents, rt-running for a right-running-head title for print).

  x     x     x  
@arrange Arrangement of Subscripts and Superscripts

Indicates whether multiple subscripts or superscripts applying to the same character should stack (be placed one above the other as compactly as possible) or stagger (be stretched out in a line).

  x     x     x  
@article-type Type of Article

Type or kind of article (for example, research, commentary, review, case, or calendar).

  x     x     x  
@assigning-authority Authority Responsible for an Identifier

Names the authority (such as CrossRef, GenBank, or PDB) that assigned the identifier or is responsible for the identifier

  x     x     x  
@authenticated Authenticated

The authority associated with this ID type (named in @contrib-id-type) has authenticated the value of this ID.

  x     x     x  
@award-type Type of Award

Type or kind of award (for example, grant or contract).

  x     x     x  
@axis Axis (NISO JATS table model)

A method of categorizing table cells. The value of this attribute should be one or more category names. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL axis attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@baseline-shift Baseline Shift

The position of an inline graphic with respect to the current text baseline (above, on, or below the baseline).

  x     x     x  
@border Border (Frame) around a Table (NISO JATS table model)

Thickness, in pixels, of the border to draw around the table. A value of 0 indicates that the table has no border. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL border attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@calendar Calendar

Name of the calendar used in naming a date such as a publication date, for example, Gregorian, Japanese (Emperor years), or Thai Buddha.

  x     x     x  
@cellpadding Cell Padding (NISO JATS table model)

Amount of space, measured in pixels, between the border of a cell and the contents of a table cell. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL cellpadding attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@cellspacing Cell Spacing (NISO JATS table model)

Width of space between cells in a table. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL cellspacing attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@char Table Cell Alignment Character (NISO JATS table model)

The character to be used in horizontal alignment of the contents of an entry in a table. The content of a table data or table header element is to be aligned horizontally based on the character named in this attribute, for example, alignment on a period for decimal alignment or on an equal sign for alignment of variables. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL char attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@charoff Table Character Offset (NISO JATS table model)

Horizontal offset from the alignment character specified by the @char attribute; the percent of the current column width to the left of the (left edge of the) alignment character. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL charoff attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@code-type Type of Code

The type of this code, used to categorize or describe the code.

  x     x     x  
@code-version Code Version

Version of this program or code fragment

  x     x     x  
@collab-type Type of Collaboration

Type or role of the collaborators; what function they played in the publication (for example, translators, editors).

  x     x     x  
@colspan Column Span (NISO JATS table model)

Table attribute used to request horizontal spanning of more than one column. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL colspan attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@content-type Type of Content

Subject or type of content that makes this element semantically distinct.

  x     x     x  
@continued-from Continued From

ID of a list which the current list continues; used to connect discontiguous lists that form one logical list.

  x     x     x  
@contrib-id-type Contributor Identifier Type

Names the type of contributor identifier or the authority that is responsible for the creation of the contributor identifier.

  x     x     x  
@contrib-type Type of Contribution

Type of contribution made by the individual (for example, author, editor, illustrator, translator, research-assistant).

  x     x     x  
@corresp Corresponding Author

Indicates whether or not the contributor is the corresponding contributor for the content.

  x     x     x  
@count Count

Number of specific objects that appear in the document.

  x     x     
@count-type Count Type

Names what is being counted by the <count> element, for example, images, contributors, algorithms, etc.

  x     x     x  
@country Country

An abbreviation or code that names a country. This is information that can be used to identify a country that granted a patent or to provide a machine-comparable form of the name of a country as an addition to the content of the <country> element.

  x     x     x  
@currency Currency

Type of currency in which the price is presented.

  x     x     x  
@date-type Type of Date

Event in the lifecycle of an article that this date is marking (for example, the date the manuscript was received or accepted, the date the electronic preprint was published, or the date of any revision or retraction).

  x     x     x  
@deceased Deceased

Indicates whether or not the contributor described in the element was deceased when the document or document component was published.

  x     x     x  
@description Description of a Private Character

Human-readable description of a defined private character (for example, Arrow, normal weight, single line, two-headed, Northwest to Southeast).

  x     x     x  
@designator Designator of the Edition

The edition number as an unadorned numeric or alphabetic value.

  x        
@disp-level Display Level of a Heading

Indicates the level at which to display a section when the display level and hierarchical level are different.

  x     x     x  
@document-id Document Identifier

Identifier of a document within a publication that is (or contains) the target of the <related-object> element.

  x     x     x  
@document-id-type Document Identifier Type

Type of document identifier (for example, a DOI or a publisher’s identifier) named in the @document-id attribute of the <related-object> element to identify a document.

  x     x     x  
@document-type Document Type

Type of document being described by the <related-object> element.

  x     x     x  
@dtd-version Version of the Tag Set (DTD)

Version of the Tag Set that should be used to validate this article.

  x     x     x  
@elocation-id Elocation Identifier

Bibliographic identifier for a document that does not have traditional printed page numbers.

  x     x     x  
@end_date End Date

Date on which the document stops being free-to-read or ends the given license, as defined in NISO RP-22-2015, Access License and Indicators.

  x     x     x  
@equal-contrib Equal Contribution

Indicates whether or not all contributors contributed equally.

  x     x     x  
@executable Executable

Indicates whether or not the code snippet to which the attribute is attached is intended for direct execution.

  x     x     x  
@fig-type Type of Figure

Type or format of the figure (for example, cartoon, chart, diagram, map, plate, workflow).

  x     x     x  
@fn-type Type of Footnote

Type of information conveyed in the footnote (for example, contributor’s current affiliation, financial disclosure statement, reprint information).

  x     x     x  
@fontchar Font Character Table Offset

Offset of the character into a glyph table, such as a Unicode character.

  x     x     x  
@fontname Font Name

Name of the font.

  x     x     x  
@format Format

Name of the image format for the bitmap that is provided with a <glyph-data> element. This element is used to define a private use character when the <private-char> contains a bitmap.

  x     x     x  
@frame Frame (NISO JATS table model)

Specifies which sides of the table should be given rules, making a box or frame of lines around the table. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL frame attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@glyph-data Glyph Data Character Being Referenced

An IDREF-type attribute that points to the @id attribute of the <glyph-data> character inside a <private-char> element. The idea is to use the full <glyph-data> with its name and bitmap once, then point to an existing character instead of defining the entire <glyph-data> element repeatedly.

  x     x     x  
@headers Headers (NISO JATS table model)

List of @ids for table data and header cells. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL headers attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@id Document Internal Identifier

Unique internal identifier of an element; allows element to be cross-referenced (made into a link). Value must be unique across a document, not just for an element type.

  x     x     x  
@initials Initials for Personal Names

Initial(s) for the surname or the given names of a person.

  x     x     x  
@institution-id-type Type of Institution Identifier

Type or source of the institution identifier, such as ISNI or Ringgold.

  x     x     x  
@iso-8601-date ISO-8601 Formatted Date

A machine-processable, ISO 8601 formatted date value (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss) for a JATS date-specific element, whether the date be specified as text, an ISO date, a partial date, or as any other date format. If the date given in the content of the element is in a non-Gregorian calendar, this attribute will hold the Gregorian calendar equivalent of that date.

  x     x     x  
@issue Issue Number of a Related Article

Issue number of a journal which contains the related article.

  x     x     x  
@journal-id Journal Identifier of a Related Article

Identifier for the journal that contains the related article.

  x     x     x  
@journal-id-type Type of Journal Identifier

Type of journal identifier or the authority that created a particular journal identifier.

  x     x     x  
@kwd-group-type Keyword Authority

This attribute is used with two different definitions:

  • The most common is the name of the thesaurus, ontology, or organization that established a particular group of keywords, for example, MESH, ISO-463, IEEE, author-generated, ICD9-codes, etc.

  • The second usage describes the type of keyword for some of the more unusual keyword groups (for example, hierarchical for keywords that are grouped into a hierarchy, abbreviations for keywords that contain an abbreviation and its expansion, or code for keywords that contain a code and its text but where the source of the codes is unknown).

  x     x     x  
@language Code Language

Programming or scripting language in which this code is written, e.g. "javascript", for code written in "Javascript 3.0". (The "3.0" is recorded in the @language-version attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@language-version Code Language Version

Version of the language in which this code is written, e.g. "3.0", for code written in "Javascript 3.0". (The language name javascript is recorded in the @language attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@license-type Type of License

Type of license described by the element.

  x     x     x  
@list-content List Content

Type of list, usually with a semantically meaningful name (for example, a where-list for the list of the variables that follows an equation, a notation-list, or a procedure-list for a list of procedural steps to follow).

  x     x     x  
@list-type Type of List

Specifies what prefix character should precede each list item. For example, the style may suggest the character type (simple or ordered), or the style may name the character explicitly (lower-alpha for a list numbered a., b., c.).

  x     x     x  
@mime-subtype Mime Subtype

Mime subtype for a graphic, multimedia object, or piece of supplementary material.

  x     x     x  
@mimetype Mime Type

Mime type for a graphic, multimedia object, or piece of supplementary material.

  x     x     x  
@name Name (Private Character)

This attribute is used for use with <private-char>, to contain the unique name for the private character being defined.

  x     x     x  
@name-style Name Style

Style of processing requested for a structured personal name.

  x     x     
@notation Notation

Indicates that the content of the associated element will be coded in one of the named notations.

  x     x     
@notes-type Type of Notes

Type of note contained in the element (for example, note-in-proof).

  x     x     x  
@object-id Object Identifier

Identifier of an object (for example, a table, figure, or sidebar) within a separate document that is the target of the <related-object> element.

  x     x     x  
@object-id-type Object Identifier Type

Type of object identifier (for example, an XML ID, a string, the label of the object, a DOI) for a <related-object> element.

  x     x     x  
@object-type Object Type

Type of object (for example, table, figure, sidebar) that is the target of the <related-object> element.

  x     x     x  
@orientation Orientation

Indicates whether an object (for example, a figure or table) should be positioned in a tall manner with the long edge vertical (portrait) or in a wide manner with the long edge horizontal (landscape).

  x     x     x  
@page Page of Related Article

Page number of a related journal article, which may be either the number of the journal page on which the article starts or a page range.

  x     x     x  
@person-group-type Type of People in the Person Group

Role of the persons being named in <person-group> element (for example, authors, editors, members of the G&S chorus).

  x     x     x  
@platforms Platforms

Name(s) of hardware and/or software platform(s) on which the <code> is intended to run. It is assumed that each such platform will have a one-word name, and multiple platform names will be separated by spaces.

  x     x     x  
@position Position

Typically indicates whether a display object (for example, figure, table, boxed text) must be anchored in its exact location within the text or may float to a different location in the document (for example, top of the next page, into the next column, within a separate window). Also used to indicate that the display object should be placed in the margin or used as a background image behind the text.

  x     x     x  
@prefix-word  Prefix Word (For a List Item)

Word or phrase to be added to the beginning of each item in a list (for example, Step, Procedure).

  x     x     x  
@preformat-type Type of Preformatted Text

Type of content contained in the <preformat> element (for example, shape poetry, ASCII art, hand-created tabulations using tabs and spaces, etc.).

  x     x     x  
@product-type Type of Product

Category of product described in the element (for example, book, software, article issue, website, film, hardware).

  x     x     x  
@pub-id-type Type of Publication Identifier

Type of publication identifier or the organization or system that defined the identifier.

  x     x     x  
@publication-format Format of Publication

Format or medium of the document (for example, print). This element is used in several senses:

  • to describe the format/medium for a publication date or other lifecycle date such as an acceptance date or a revision date,

  • to describe the format/medium for an ISSN or ISBN, and

  • to name the format/medium of the document being cited as part of a bibliographic reference.

  x     x     x  
@publication-type Type of Referenced Publication

Category of publication being cited (for example, book, letter, review, journal, patent, report, standard, data, working-paper).

  x     x     x  
@publisher-type Type of Publisher

Type of publisher or publishing organization of a work being cited (for example, government, standards-body, university, commercial, foundation, private, corporate).

  x     x     x  
@pub-type Type of Publication

Deprecated: On the element <pub-date>, in the Archiving and Publishing Tag Sets, this @pub-type attribute is deprecated in favor of the @publication-format and @date-type attributes. In all Tag Sets, on the element <issn>, this @pub-type attribute is deprecated in favor of the @publication-format attribute (possibly with the @content-type attribute). Using two attributes enables the expression of both the format/medium and the lifecycle type of the publication instead of forcing the selection of one or the other.

Definition: Deprecated pre-combination of the format/medium of a document with one or more events from its lifecycle, for example, epub for publication in an electronic format or ppub for publication in print.

  x     x     
@rationale Rationale

Identifies why this milestone exists, what problem it is solving, and/ or what object cannot be modeled using the regular hierarchy.

  x     x     x  
@ref-type Type of Cross-Reference

Type of element that is the target of the cross-reference (for example, figure, author-note, bibliographic-reference). The values may be used for type-specific processing or validation.

  x     x     x  
@related-article-type Type of Related Article

Type of article being described by the element (for example, companion-article, corrected-article, retracted-article).

  x     x     x  
@resolution Resolution of the Glyph Bitmap

Resolution of a bitmap in dots per inch, expressed as a decimal integer (for example, 72, 300).

  x     x     
@response-type Type of Response

Type of response (<response>); parallels @article-type.

  x     x     x  
@rid Reference to an Identifier

Value of the identifier of an associated element; used for linking related elements (for example, <term> to a <def>, <bio> to a <contrib>).

  x     x     x  
@rowspan Row Span (NISO JATS table model)

Table attribute used to request vertical spanning by naming the number of rows a cell spans in a vertical span. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL rowspan attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@rules Rules (NISO JATS table model)

Defines which rules to draw between the rows and columns of an XHTML 1.1 table. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL rules attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@scope Scope (NISO JATS table model)

Specifies the cells for which the <td> element provides header information. This provides an alternative to using explicitly named header elements (<th>) if the arrangement of header cells is not complex. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL scope attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@sec-type Type of Section

Type of semantic content included in the section (for example, materials, conclusions).

  x     x     x  
@seq Sequence

Sequence number of a document within the type of sequence named by the element to which this attribute is attached: on a <volume> element, the sequence within the volume; on an <issue> element, the sequence within the issue; on an <fpage> element, the sequence within a single page; and on an <elocation-id> element, the electronic sequence.

  x     x     x  
@source-id Source Identifier

Identifier of a journal, book, conference proceedings, or other publication that is (or contains) the target of the <related-object>.

  x     x     x  
@source-id-type Source Identifier Type

Type of source identifier (for example, a DOI, ISSN, ISBN, or publisher’s identifier) for a <related-object>.

  x     x     x  
@source-type Source Type

This attribute can be used with two elements:

  • to identify the kind of source providing an award that sponsored a work or the research on which a work was based (with the element <funding-source>)

  • to identify the type of publication, for example, a book, journal, or database that is (or contains) the target of the <related-object>.

  x     x     x  
@span Span (NISO JATS table model)

The number of columns that will share the <col> or <colgroup> element’s attributes. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL span attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@specific-use Specific Use

Specifies distinctions in the applicability of a particular element.

  x     x     x  
@start_date Start Date

Date on which the document starts being free-to-read or begins the given license, as defined in NISO RP-22-2015, Access License and Indicators.

  x     x     x  
@style Style (NISO JATS table model; MathML Tag Set)

Names the concrete style or rendering to be applied to the element. This attribute can be used in several contexts:

  • with the styled content element (<styled-content>), records XHTML classes or similar styling information;

  • with many of the elements within a NISO JATS table(<table>), records the name of the style to be applied to the element; or

  x     x     x  
@style-type Style Type

Description or explanation of the stylistic difference being recorded (for example, illuminated letters, drop cap).

  x     x     
@subj-group-type Type of Subject Group

Subject, information class, or type of a particular <subj-group> element.

  x     x     x  
@summary Summary (NISO JATS table model)

A summary of the contents or the semantics of the table, provided for speech-synthesis and non-visual browsers. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL summary attribute.)

  x     x     x  
@supplement-type Type of Supplement

Type of supplement or the reason for the supplement (for example, conference for a supplement containing information from a conference symposium).

  x     x     
@symbol Symbol

Stores the symbol (for example, an asterisk, numeral, section mark) that was displayed in the original document to identify a specific footnote, if this symbol is to be preserved.

  x     x     x  
@target-type Type of Target

Kind of <target> that has been created (for example, describes the reason why some portion of text has been designated for cross-references purposes).

  x     x     x  
@toggle Toggle Switch

Specifies if the styling of the element it modifies should act as a toggle-switch. When the toggle-switch is on, the textual content of the element will always be visually set apart from its context. When the switch is off, the rendition is fixed to the style requested and will not change based on context.

  x     x     
@underline-style Appearance of the Underline

Style of underline to be used (for example, single, double, dashed).

  x     x     x  
@units Units

The units of measure in which the size or length of a cited work is expressed (for example, a @units value might record pages, minutes, seconds, or linear-feet).

  x     x     x  
@valign Vertical Alignment (NISO JATS table model)

Sets the vertical alignment inside a table cell. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL valign attribute.)

  x     x     
@version Version of TeX or LaTeX

Version of TeX or LaTeX used to produce the mathematics.

  x     x     x  
@vol Volume of Related Article

Volume of the journal in which a related journal article exists.

  x     x     x  
@width Width (NISO JATS table model)

This attribute can be used within a NISO JATS table (based on and designed to be converted easily to the XHTML 1.1 table model) to specify component width (as defined in the XHTML 1.1 table model to take advantage of existing software for table handling).

  x     x     x  
@xml:base Base

Provides a base URI for identifiers in the XML document or a part of the XML document. Within this document, or portion of the document, all URIs are assumed to be built on the "base" provided as the value of this attribute. For example, if a document has an @xml:base of "http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/", a URI inside the document of "publishing/rationale.html" would be processed as if it were "http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/rationale.html". Values of @xml:base are inherited; meaning that if there is an @xml:base on a document and on a part of the document, uses inside the part of the document take the value of the part, not the whole.

  x     x     x  
@xml:lang Language

The language of the intellectual content of the element for which this is an attribute.

The value of this attribute must conform to IETF RFC 5646 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646). For most uses, a primary-language subtag such as fr (French), en (English), de (German), or zh (Chinese) is sufficient. These values are NOT case sensitive, but current best practice uses all lower case. In addition to the primary language subtag, the value of this attribute may contain other subtags as well. Values for the various subtags (which can be used in certain combinations) can be obtained from the IANA Language Subtag Registry: http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry.

  x     x     x  
@xmlns:ali NISO ALI Namespace (NISO Access License and Indicators)

This is not an attribute, but the namespace pseudo-attribute. The value provides a prefix to use for the ALI (NISO Access License and Indicators) elements. All namespace prefixes must be associated with a URL, and the prefix ali has been set to the URL http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/ as per the NISO ALI best practices recommendation.

  x     x     x  
@xmlns:mml MathML Namespace Declaration

This is not an attribute, but the namespace pseudo-attribute. The value provides a prefix to use for the MathML elements. All namespace prefixes must be associated with a URL, and the prefix mml has been set to the URL for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MathML Tag Set. The same URL is the same for both MathML 2.0 and MathML 3.0.

  x     x     x  
@xmlns:xsi XML Schema Namespace Declaration

This is not an attribute, but a namespace pseudo-attribute. The value provides a prefix to use for the @xsi_schemaLocation attribute an included vocabulary requires. All namespace prefixes must be associated with a URL, and the prefix xsi has been set to the URL for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Schema.

  x     x     x  
@xml:space Space

When printing or displaying the associated element, all white space (such as tabs, ordinary spaces, and line breaks) should be preserved.

  x     x     x  
@x-size X Size of the Glyph

The pixels per row in the bit-mapped glyph that has been declared with a <glyph-data> element as part of a <private-char> element.

  x     x     x  
@y-size Y Size of the Glyph

The number of rows in the bit-mapped glyph that has been declared with a <glyph-data> element as part of a <private-char> element.