<contrib>

Contributor

Container element for information about a single author, editor, or other contributor.

Remarks

Types of Contributors: The element <contrib> can be used for many roles besides authors, for example, editors, special issue editors, photographers, illustrators, directors, etc. The @contrib-type attribute placed on the <contrib> element, or the <role> element used within the <contrib> element, may be used to describe the contribution.
Role Best Practice: The @contrib-type attribute placed on the <contrib> element, or the <role> element used within the <contrib> element, may be used to describe the type of contribution made by an individual.
Although the @contrib-type attribute was designed to name the role of the contributor and was also designed to accept any text as its value, the <role> element is preferred. When the @contrib-type value is to be taken from a controlled vocabulary, such as CRediT, Best Practice is not to name the role using @contrib-type. Best Practice (when possible) is to tag the CRediT taxonomy of contributor roles by using the <role> element inside <contrib> or <contrib-group>. The major advantages of using the <role> element are the ability to tie the content of the role to the formal vocabulary using the four JATS vocabulary attributes and the ability for a contributor to play more than one role in the creation of an article.
Affiliation: The linkage from a contributor to an affiliation should be made using the ID/IDREF mechanism. The @id attribute of an <aff> element will be pointed to by one or more <contrib> elements.
Anonymous: The name of a contributor that is being withheld or is not known may be recorded using the EMPTY element <anonymous>, which is expected to cause text such an “Anonymous” or “anon.” to be generated for display or print.

Related Elements

Use the <collab> element for contributions by organizations or groups of people. Use the <on-behalf-of> element within the contributor information to indicate that a person has written as a representative of (on behalf of) an organization or group.

Attributes

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  contrib      %contrib-model;                              >

Expanded Content Model

((contrib-id)*, (anonymous | collab | collab-alternatives | name | name-alternatives | string-name)*, (degrees)*, role*, on-behalf-of?, (aff | aff-alternatives)*, address*, email*, ext-link*, uri*, bio?, author-comment?)

Description

This element may be contained in:

Example 1

A single contributor with his affiliation inside the <contrib-group> element:
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>McCrohan</surname>
<given-names>John</given-names>
<prefix>Capt.</prefix>
</name>
<aff>Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and 
Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland 20857</aff>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>Nüsslin</surname>
<given-names>Fridtjof</given-names>
<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
</name>
<aff>Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Radiologische Onkologie,
<institution>Technische Universität München</institution>, 
Munich, Germany (Tel: 49-89-41404517, E-mail:
<ext-link ext-link-type="email" xlink:href="mailto:nuesslin@lrz.tum.de">
nuesslin@lrz.tum.de</ext-link>)</aff>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

Example 2

Contributors with assigned roles using CRediT taxonomy terms:
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<contrib-group>
<contrib>
<string-name><given-names>Barbara</given-names> <surname>Johnston</surname></string-name>
<role vocab="CRediT" 
vocab-identifier="http://dictionary.casrai.org/Contributor_Roles"
vocab-term="Conceptualization" vocab-term-identifier="http://dictionary.casrai.org/Contributor_Roles/Conceptualization">
study designer</role>
</contrib>
<contrib>
<string-name><given-names>Brooke</given-names> <surname>Jackson</surname></string-name>
<role vocab="CRediT" 
vocab-identifier="http://dictionary.casrai.org/Contributor_Roles"
vocab-term="Writing - Original Draft"
vocab-term-identifier="http://dictionary.casrai.org/Contributor_Roles/Writing_%E2%80%93_original_draft">
writer</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

Example 3

A single contributor with a non-CRediT role:
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>Foster</surname>
<given-names>Bill</given-names>
<prefix>Rep.</prefix>
</name>
<role>(IL-14)</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

Example 4

A collaboration as a contributor:
...
<article-meta>
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<collab collab-type="committee">Accredited Standards Committee S3, 
Bioacoustics</collab>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<supplementary-material mime-subtype="zip" mimetype="application"
xlink:href="ASASTD.ANSI.ASA.S3.50.supplementary-material.zip"/>
...
</article-meta>
...

Example 5

Issue editors as <contrib>s:
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="issue-editor">
<name><surname>Madison</surname>
<given-names>Taylor</given-names></name>
<role>Special Issue Editor</role>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="issue-editor">
<name><surname>McKinley</surname>
<given-names>Grant</given-names></name>
<role>Special Issue Editor</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

Example 6

Conference editors as <contrib>s:
...  
<contrib-group content-type="conference-editors">
<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<name name-style="western">
<surname>Herrera</surname>
<given-names>Gerardo</given-names>
</name>
<role>Conference Editor</role>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

Example 7

Several authors, with one writing on behalf of a group:
...
<article-meta>
<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>
<aff>Department of Health Care for the Elderly, 
St Luke&#x2019;s Hospital, Bradford BD5 0NA</aff>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Young</surname>
<given-names>John</given-names></name>
<role>consultant physician</role>
<aff>Department of Health Care for the Elderly, 
St Luke&#x2019;s Hospital, Bradford BD5 0NA</aff>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Langhorne</surname>
<given-names>Peter</given-names></name>
<role>senior lecturer</role>
<aff>Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Royal 
Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF</aff>
<author-comment>
<p>on behalf of the Day Hospital Group</p>
</author-comment>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
</article-meta>
...

Example 8

The name of a contributor given in several script/language combinations, with associated affiliations:
 
...
<contrib-group> 
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name-alternatives>
<name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ja-Jpan">
<surname>中西</surname>
<given-names>秀彦</given-names>
</name>
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
<surname>Nakanishi</surname>
<given-names>Hidehiko</given-names>
</name>
<name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ja-Kana">
<surname>ナカニシ</surname>
<given-names>ヒデヒコ</given-names>
</name>
</name-alternatives>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
...

 
...
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">  
<name-alternatives>
<name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Y. P.</given-names></name>
<string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">张轶泼</string-name>
</name-alternatives>
</contrib>
  
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name-alternatives>
<name name-style="western"><surname>Isobe</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names></name>
<string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">磯部光孝</string-name>
</name-alternatives>
</contrib>
  
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name-alternatives>
<name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Yi</given-names></name>
<string-name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="zh">刘仪</string-name>
</name-alternatives>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
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