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).
As part of the article metadata, the <pub-date> is allowed to repeat; each repetition can take a @pub-type attribute to distinguish which form of publication, for example, print publication, preprint distribution, electronic publication, etc.
While most publication dates will either be a season and a year (for example, Spring 1999) or a year with a possible day and month (for example, January 1, 1999), sometimes the publication date will identify both the season and date. A publication date of “Spring 1999; January 29, 1999” should be tagged:
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<season>Spring</season>
<day>29</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<!ELEMENT pub-date %pub-date-model; >
(day | month | year | season | string-date | x)*
Any combination of:
...
<article-meta>
<article-id pub-id-type="pmid">...</article-id>
<title-group>...</title-group>
<contrib-group>...</contrib-group>
<aff id="StLukes">...</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>27</day><month>03</month>
<year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>318</volume>
<issue>7187</issue>
<fpage>837</fpage>
<lpage>841</lpage>
<history>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>29</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>1999</year></date>
</history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, British
Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>British Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>To examine the effectiveness of day hospital
attendance in prolonging independent living for
elderly people.</p>
</abstract>
</article-meta>
...
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