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<front> Front Matter

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

Usage/Remarks

In some journal tag sets, this information is called the “header information” or “journal header”. Such a header usually includes the metadata concerning the journal itself (in this Tag Set tagged as <journal-meta>), as well as metadata concerning the issue of the journal and the individual article (which in this Tag Set are both found in the element <article-meta>).
Related Elements
A journal article (<article>) may be divided into several components:
  1. <processing-meta> (the metadata that concerns the XML file rather than the contents of the document);
  2. <front> (the metadata or header information, which contains both journal metadata [<journal-meta>] and article metadata [<article-meta>]);
  3. <body> (the textual and graphical content of the article);
  4. <back> (any ancillary information such as a glossary, reference list, or appendix);
  5. <floats-group> (single container element some publishers and archives use to hold all floating elements such as figures and tables that are referenced in the article body or back matter); and
  6. either a series of <response> elements or a series of <sub-article> elements. (A <response> is a commentary on the article itself, such as a summation by an editor, an answer to a letter-article, or words from the author responding to peer-review comments. Sub-articles are articles such as news pieces, abstracts, or committee reports that are completely contained within a main article.)
Attributes

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<article>, <response>, <sub-article>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  front        %front-model;                                >
Expanded Content Model
(journal-meta?, article-meta, (def-list | list | ack | bio | fn-group |
glossary | notes)*)
Tagged Sample

<journal-meta> and <article-meta> 

<article dtd-version="1.4">
 <front>
  <journal-meta>
   <journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">BMJ</journal-id>
   <journal-id journal-id-type="pubmed">BMJ</journal-id>
   <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">BR MED J</journal-id>
   <journal-title-group>
    <abbrev-journal-title>BR MED J</abbrev-journal-title>
   </journal-title-group>
   <issn>0959-8138</issn>
   <publisher>
    <publisher-name>British Medical Journal</publisher-name>
   </publisher>
  </journal-meta>
  <article-meta>
   <article-id pub-id-type="pmid">10092260</article-id>
   <title-group>
    <article-title>Systematic review of day hospital care for elderly
     people</article-title>
   </title-group>
   <contrib-group>
    <contrib contrib-type="author">
     <name><surname>Forster</surname>
      <given-names>Anne Williams</given-names></name>
     <role>research physiotherapist</role>
     <xref ref-type="aff" rid="StLuke"/>
    </contrib>
    <contrib contrib-type="author">
     <name><surname>Young</surname>
      <given-names>John G.</given-names></name>
     <role>consultant physician</role>
     <xref ref-type="aff" rid="StLuke"/>
    </contrib>
    <contrib contrib-type="author">
     <name><surname>Langhorne</surname>
      <given-names>Peter Parker ("Spider")</given-names></name>
     <role>senior lecturer</role>
     <xref ref-type="aff" rid="StLuke"/>
    </contrib>
   </contrib-group>
   <aff id="StLuke">...</aff>
   <author-notes>
    <fn fn-type="con">
     <p>Contributors: AF planned and initiated the
      review, ...</p>
    </fn>
    <fn>
     <p>Correspondence to: Dr Forster
      <email>a.forster@leeds.ac.uk</email></p>
    </fn>
   </author-notes>
   <pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="1999-03-27">
    <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" iso-8601-date="1999-01-29">
     <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>
   </permissions>
   <abstract>...</abstract>
  </article-meta>
 </front>
 <body>...</body>
 <back>...</back>
</article>
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