response-type

Type of Response

Type of response (<response>); parallels @article-type.

Remarks

This attribute does not describe the article upon which the response is commenting; it provides information about the response itself.

Design Note: This attribute was added to allow for observed cases where a series of articles were grouped together as an introduction, an article, and several responses.

Attribute Values

In Element

<response>
ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersThe type of response as described by the publisher, for example, “discussion”.
Restriction: This is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Suggested usage

Recommended response type values are:

addendum

Additional information or clarification of the parent article

discussion

Discussion related to a specific issue as described in the parent article

reply

Reply to the parent article (the most commonly used value)