One contributor’s signature and associated material (such as a text restatement of the affiliation) inside a signature block.
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.
<!ELEMENT sig (#PCDATA %sig-elements;)* >
(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | alternatives | inline-graphic | 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)*
Any combination of:
With a graphic representation of a signature:
<book>
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<front-matter>
<front-matter-part>
...
<named-book-part-body>
<sec sec-type="miscinfo">
<title>About this book</title>
<p>Bioinformatics consists of a computational approach
to biomedical information management and analysis. It is
being used increasingly as a component of research within
both academic and industrial settings and is becoming
integrated into both undergraduate and postgraduate
curricula. The new generation of biology graduates is
emerging with experience in using bioinformatics resources
and, in some cases, programming skills.</p>
...
<sig-block>
<sig>
Tonia Gaillard<break/>
Analyst
<graphic xlink:href="sig381.f1"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></graphic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</front-matter-part>
</front-matter>
<book-body>...</book-body>
</book>
With multiple signatures described:
<book>
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<front-matter>
<preface>
...
<named-book-part-body>
<sec>
...
<sig-block>
<sig>
<bold>Tom Uzden, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP</bold><break/>
<italic>New York University, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library</italic>
</sig>
<sig>
<bold>Debra Lepair, MLS</bold><break/>
<italic>CINAHL Information Systems</italic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</preface>
</front-matter>
<book-body>...</book-body>
</book>
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