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<abstract> Abstract
Summarized description of the content of a document or document component.
Usage/Remarks
Multiple Abstracts
A single article or sub-article may contain
many abstracts, each aimed at a different audience, written in a different language,
or intended for a different use (such as display abstract, ePub promotional abstract,
RSS/Atom feed, issue cover blurb, magazine style dek, pronouncing abstract, or small
article summary
for the issue or web Table of Contents).
Abstracts (<abstract>), may differ by:
- style (<abstract abstract-type="para"> or <abstract abstract-type="section">)
- size (<abstract abstract-type="short">, <abstract abstract-type="tweet">, or <abstract abstract-type="extended">)
- kind (<abstract abstract-type="stereochemical"> or <abstract abstract-type="objectives">)
- audience (<abstract abstract-type="executive-summary"> or <abstract abstract-type="web-summary">)
- language (<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="de"> or <abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="fr">).
Attributes to differentiate among multiple abstracts include:
- The attribute @specific-use may identify a processing purpose, such as RSS feed or pronunciation.
- The attribute @abstract-type may be used to identify special types of abstracts, for example, graphical abstracts, stereochemical abstracts, ASCII abstracts for sending to small devices, and Table-of-Contents abstracts that are so short they are inserted as annotations into a Table of Contents. See the attribute page for @abstract-type for a list of suggested types.
- The attribute @xml:lang names the language in which the abstract is written.
The multi-lingual attributes can be used to mark one abstract as the “original” and another as a “translation”, to mark two or more abstracts as “original”, or to group same-content abstracts into language groups.
Length of Abstracts
Many journal publishers request an abstract that is a very
short summary of the major findings or conclusions of an article
and limit this abstract to a paragraph or two. But some publishers
require “long” or “summary” abstracts
in which each section of the paper is summarized in a separate
abstract section that has the same title as the article section
being summarized. Such abstracts may be extensive, incorporating
figures and tables. While the model for the element <abstract> has been made flexible enough to allow for these titled sections,
abstracts will typically be much simpler, containing
one or more paragraphs.
Locations of Abstracts
Abstracts inside the element
<article-meta> pertain to the entire article. Some other elements,
such as figures and tables, may also include the <abstract> element, but any
abstract inside a smaller component refers only to that component, not to the entire
article.
Accessibility
For accessibility purposes, it is useful to provide a very
short synopsis abstract (much like a Table of Contents blurb or
a dek in some journals) whose purpose is to tell a non-sighted
reader what the document is about. This abstract can be given an
@abstract-type such as “meta-description”,
“description”, or
“dc:description”
to indicate that, when making web pages from this XML,
the abstract should be used to create the
XHTML metadata description.
The <abstract> element should not be used to take the place of the
regular accessibility elements <alt-text> or <long-desc>, which are, respectively, shorter and longer descriptions of a
component of a document, such as a table or figure.
Attributes
Multi-lang Attributes
Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
The following, in order:
- <object-id> Object Identifier, zero or more
- The following, in order:
- <sec-meta> Section Metadata, zero or one
- <label> Label (of an Equation, Figure, Reference, etc.), zero or one
- <title> Title, zero or one
- Any combination of:
- Paragraph-level Display Elements
- <address> Address/Contact Information
- <answer> Answer to a Question
- <answer-set> Answer Set
- <array> Array (Simple Tabulation)
- <block-alternatives> Block-level Alternatives
- <boxed-text> Boxed Text
- <chem-struct-wrap> Chemical Structure Wrapper
- <code> Code
- <explanation> Explanation
- <fig> Figure
- <fig-group> Figure Group
- <graphic> Graphic
- <media> Media Object
- <preformat> Preformatted Text
- <question> Question
- <question-wrap> Question Wrapper
- <question-wrap-group> Question Wrapper Group
- <supplementary-material> Supplementary Material Metadata
- <table-wrap> Table Wrapper
- <table-wrap-group> Table Wrapper Group
- <alternatives> Alternatives For Processing
- <disp-formula> Formula, Display
- <disp-formula-group> Formula, Display Group
- Lists
- Math Elements
- <p> Paragraph
- <related-article> Related Article Information
- <related-object> Related Object Information
- <ack> Acknowledgments
- <disp-quote> Quote, Displayed
- <speech> Speech
- <statement> Statement, Formal
- <verse-group> Verse Form for Poetry
- <x> X - Generated Text and Punctuation
- Paragraph-level Display Elements
- <sec> Section, zero or more
- Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT abstract %abstract-model; >
Expanded Content Model
((object-id)*, (sec-meta?, label?, title?, (address | alternatives | answer | answer-set | array | block-alternatives | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | explanation | fig | fig-group | graphic | media | preformat | question | question-wrap | question-wrap-group | supplementary-material | table-wrap | table-wrap-group | disp-formula | disp-formula-group | def-list | list | tex-math | mml:math | p | related-article | related-object | ack | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group | x)*, (sec)*, (notes | fn-group | glossary | ref-list)*))
Tagged Samples
Single paragraph abstract
<article dtd-version="1.4">
<front>
<journal-meta>...</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
...
<volume>97</volume>
<issue>4</issue>
<fpage>1665</fpage>
<lpage>1670</lpage>
<history>...</history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright © 2000, The National Academy of
Sciences</copyright-statement>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>We describe a method for cloning nucleic acid molecules
onto the surfaces of 5-μm microbeads rather than in biological hosts. A
unique tag sequence is attached to each molecule, and the tagged library is
amplified. Unique tagging of the molecules is achieved by sampling a small
fraction (1%) of a very large repertoire of tag sequences. The resulting
library is hybridized to microbeads that each carry ≈10<sup>6</sup>
strands complementary to one of the tags. About 10<sup>5</sup> copies of each
molecule are collected on each microbead. Because such clones are segregated on
microbeads, they can be operated on simultaneously and then assayed separately.
To demonstrate the utility of this approach, we show how to label and extract
microbeads bearing clones differentially expressed between two libraries by
using a fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS). Because no prior information
about the cloned molecules is required, this process is obviously useful where
sequence databases are incomplete or nonexistent. More importantly, the process
also permits the isolation of clones that are expressed only in given tissues or
that are differentially expressed between normal and diseased states. Such
clones then may be spotted on much more cost-effective, tissue- or
disease-directed, low-density planar microarrays.</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author">...</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front>
...
</article>
With interior sections
<article dtd-version="1.4">
<front>
<article-meta>
...
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, British
Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
</permissions>
<abstract abstract-type="section">
<sec>
<title>Objective</title>
<p>To examine the effectiveness of day hospital
attendance in prolonging independent living for
elderly people.</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<title>Design</title>
<p>Systematic review of 12 controlled clinical
trials (available by January 1997) comparing day
hospital care with comprehensive care (five trials),
domiciliary care (four trials), or no comprehensive
care (three trials).</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<title>Subjects</title>
<p>2867 elderly people.</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<title>Main outcome measures</title>
<p>Death, institutionalisation, disability, global
“poor outcome,” and use of resources.</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<title>Results</title>
<p>Overall, there was no significant difference between
day hospitals and alternative services ...</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<title>Conclusions</title>
<p>Day hospital care seems to be an effective service for
elderly people ...</p>
<p><boxed-text position="float">
<sec>
<title>Key messages</title>
<p>...</p>
</sec>
</boxed-text></p>
</sec>
</abstract>
</article-meta>
</front>
...
</article>
@abstract-type differentiates multiple abstracts
... <article-meta> ... <abstract> <p>This is the third and last part of the volume devoted to solubility data of rare earth metal chlorides in water and in ternary and quaternary aqueous systems. Compilations of all available experimental data for each rare earth metal chloride are introduced with a corresponding critical evaluation. Every such evaluation contains a tabulated collection of all solubility results in water, a scheme of the water-rich part of the equilibrium ... Because the ternary and quaternary systems were almost never studied more than once, no critical evaluations or systematic comparisons of such data were possible. Simple chlorides (no complexes) of Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu are treated as the input substances. The literature (including a thorough coverage of papers in Chinese and Russian) has been covered through the middle of 2008.</p> </abstract> <abstract abstract-type="short"> <p>The is the third and last part of the volume devoted to solubility data of rare earth metal chlorides in water and in ternary and quaternary aqueous systems. Compilations of all available experimental data are introduced for each rare earth metal chloride with a corresponding critical evaluation. This part covers chlorides of Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, with coverage of the literature through the middle of 2008.</p> </abstract> </article-meta> ...
Abstract in 2 languages
<article-meta> ... <abstract xml:lang="es" lang-variant="original" lang-source="author"> <title>RESUMEN</title> <p>La repetición verbal espontánea forma parte de la interacción temprana adulto–niño, estando enmarcadas en el seno de conversaciones. ...</p> </abstract> <abstract xml:lang ="en" lang-variant="translation" lang-source="translator"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>Spontaneous verbal repetition is part of early adult–child conversational interchanges. ...</p> </abstract> ... </article-meta>