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<conference> Conference Information

Container element to contain information about a single conference and its proceedings.

Usage/Remarks

This element and all the contained conference elements were largely based on the original elements from the CrossRefdate schema.
Related Elements
The container element <conference> holds all of the elements that may be used to describe a conference, when a book or book component was originally presented at a conference. Those elements include: <conf-date>, <conf-name>, <conf-acronym>, <conf-num>, <conf-loc>, <conf-sponsor>, <conf-theme>, and <string-conf>.
Attributes
content-type
hreflang
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang

Linking Attributes

xlink:actuate
xlink:href
xlink:role
xlink:show
xlink:title
xlink:type

Namespaces

xmlns:xlink
Models and Context
May be contained in
<book-meta>, <book-part-meta>, <collection-meta>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  conference   %conference-model;                           >
Expanded Content Model

(conf-date | conf-name | conf-num | conf-loc | conf-sponsor | conf-theme | conf-acronym | string-conf | x)*

Tagged Sample

In the book metadata

...
<book-meta>
 ...
 <pub-date iso-8601-date="2006">
  <year>2006</year></pub-date>
 <conference>
  <conf-date iso-8601-date="2006-08-14">14 August 2006</conf-date>
  <string-conf>&ldquo;HIV/AIDS in Prison: A Comprehensive
   Response,&rdquo; Satellite meeting at the <conf-name>XVI
   International AIDS Conference</conf-name></string-conf>
  <conf-name>HIV/AIDS in Prison: A Comprehensive Response</conf-name>
  <conf-num>XVI</conf-num>
  <conf-acronym>AIDS 2006</conf-acronym>
  <conf-loc>Toronto, Canada</conf-loc>
  <conf-theme content-type="conference">Time to Deliver</conf-theme>
  <conf-sponsor content-type="satellite">Public Health Agency
   of Canada</conf-sponsor>
  <conf-sponsor content-type="satellite">United Nations Office
   on Drugs and Crime</conf-sponsor>
  <conf-sponsor content-type="conference">Government of Canada</conf-sponsor>
  <conf-sponsor content-type="conference">Swedish International
   Development Agency (Sida)</conf-sponsor>
  ...
 </conference>
 ...
</book-meta>
...
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