<sig>

Signature

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

Remarks

This element typically contains the graphical signature or other description of the person responsible for or attesting to the content.
The @rid attribute should be used in conjunction with the @id attribute on <contrib> to associate the <contrib> and <sig> elements.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
rid Reference to an Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  sig          (#PCDATA %sig-elements;)*                    >

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x | break | graphic | media)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<sig-block>

Example 1

With a graphic representation of a signature:
...
<body>
<sec>
<title>A Little String Music</title>
<p>Jack Riemer ... used to tell the story of a famous 1995
violin concert by Itzhak Perlman at Lincoln Center in
New York City ...</p>
<p>That should be an inspiration to all of us fellow
&ldquo;artists&rdquo; in environmental science ...</p>
</sec>
<sig-block>
<sig>
Jerald L. Schnoor<break/>
Editor
<graphic xlink:href="sig2662.f1"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></graphic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</body>
...

Example 2

With multiple signatures described:
...
<body>
<sec>...</sec>
<sig-block>
<sig>
<bold>Susan Kaplan Jacobs, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP</bold><break/>
<italic>New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library</italic>
</sig>
<sig>
<bold>June R. Levy, MLS</bold><break/>
<italic>CINAHL Information Systems</italic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</body>
...

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Version 1.3d1 (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2019)

Version of October 2019

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