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<sub-article> Sub-article
An article that is completely contained inside another article.
Usage/Remarks
This model assumes that there is always an outside article, and that both the article
and the sub-article have their own metadata. The container article will have, at the
very least, journal information, issue information, and start and end pages; it may
also have a title, author, or other metadata. The contained sub-article will have
its own, independent metadata, such as authors or a smaller page range, that it may
not share with the article that encloses it. The sub-article metadata may be tagged
using the <front-stub> element if all of the journal metadata is identical to that of the outside article;
if the <front-stub> element is used, any metadata not specifically tagged is inherited from the outside
article.
“Super-articles” that contain other articles rarely contain much content of their
own, perhaps just a title and introductory paragraph.
Best Practice
The <sub-article> construction should not be used for an article and its response, or for a series of responses, even if the
original article to which the responses are replying is elsewhere.
Multi-language
In current multi-language journal publishing, it is not unusual for the narrative
body of an article to be available in two languages (for example, English and Korean
or French and English). This situation can be handled by tagging each language as
a separate <sub-article>. The @xml:lang attribute on <sub-article> names the appropriate language. The articles can share metadata or keep that separate,
using the <front-stub> element. If figures and tables are shared, these can be placed in the <floats-group> at the end of the article and referenced from each sub-article. If figures and tables
are completely separate, each sub-article will need to maintain its own numbering
system and placement.
Attributes
Multi-lang Attributes
Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
The following, in order:
- <processing-meta> Processing Metadata, zero or one
- Any one of:
- <body> Body of the Document, zero or one
- <back> Back Matter, zero or one
- <floats-group> Floating Element Group, zero or one
- Any one of:
- <sub-article> Sub-article, zero or more
- <response> Response, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT sub-article %sub-article-model; >
Expanded Content Model
(processing-meta?, (front | front-stub), body?, back?, floats-group?, (sub-article* | response*))
Tagged Samples
Article with multiple sub-articles
<article dtd-version="1.4"> <front> <journal-meta> <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">BR MED J</journal-id> <issn>0959-8138</issn> <publisher> <publisher-name>British Medical Journal</publisher-name> </publisher> </journal-meta> <article-meta> <article-id>bmj-4619-a6</article-id> <article-categories> <subj-group> <subject>General Practice</subject> <subject>11</subject> <subject>9</subject> <subject>76</subject> <subject>215</subject> <subject>110</subject> <subject>318</subject> </subj-group> <series-title>Controversy in primary care</series-title> </article-categories> <title-group> <article-title>Should asymptomatic haemochromatosis be treated?</article-title> </title-group> <pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2000-05-13"> <day>13</day><month>05</month><year>2000</year> </pub-date> <volume>320</volume> <issue>7245</issue> <fpage>1314</fpage> <lpage>1317</lpage> <permissions> <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2000, British Medical Journal</copyright-statement> </permissions> </article-meta> </front> <body> <p>Genetic testing ...</p> </body> <sub-article article-type="research-article"> <front> <journal-meta> <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">BR MED J</journal-id> <issn>0959-8138</issn> <publisher> <publisher-name>British Medical Journal</publisher-name> </publisher> </journal-meta> <article-meta> <title-group> <article-title>Treatment can be onerous for patient and doctor</article-title> </title-group> <contrib-group> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name><surname>Seamark</surname> <given-names>Clare J</given-names></name> <role>general practitioner</role> <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name><surname>Hutchinson</surname> <given-names>Margaret</given-names></name> <role>retired headmistress</role> </contrib> </contrib-group> <aff><sup><italic>a</italic></sup>Honiton Group Practice, Honiton, Devon EX14 2NY</aff> <author-notes> <fn><p>Correspondence to: C Seamark <email>daseamark@msn.com</email></p></fn> <fn><p>Competing interests: None declared.</p></fn> </author-notes> <history> <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2000-02-07"> <day>07</day><month>02</month><year>2000</year> </date> </history> <permissions> <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2000, British Medical Journal</copyright-statement> </permissions> </article-meta> </front> <body> <p>The development of genetic testing for disease has raised the problem of whether to test asymptomatic individuals. ...</p> ... </body> <back> <ack> <p>We thank MH's family for their willingness to be involved in genetic testing ...</p> </ack> <ref-list>...</ref-list> </back> </sub-article> <sub-article article-type="research-article">...</sub-article> <sub-article article-type="research-article">...</sub-article> </article>
Using sub-articles for an article published in 2 languages
<article dtd-version="1.4" xml:lang="mul" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" > <processing-meta lang-grouping="yes"/> <front>... <article-meta> <title-group><article-title>...</article-title></title-group> ... <content-language>fr</content-language> <content-language>en</content-language> </article-meta> </front> <sub-article> <processing-meta lang-grouping="yes"/> <front-stub> ... <title-group xml:lang="fr" lang-variant="original" lang-source="author"> <article-title>Chirurgie en période COVID, étude observationnelle</article-title> </title-group> ... <content-language>fr</content-language> </front-stub> ... </sub-article> <sub-article> <processing-meta lang-grouping="yes"/> <front-stub> ... <title-group xml:lang ="en" lang-variant="original" lang-source="author"> <article-title>Surgery under COVID: An observational study</article-title> </title-group> <content-language>en</content-language> ... </front-stub> ... </sub-article> </article>