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<sig> Signature

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

Usage/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
rid
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<sig-block>
Description
Any combination of:
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)*

Tagged Samples
Multiple textual signatures 
...
<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>
...
Graphical 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>
...