One item in a bibliographic list.
A <ref> is typically a citation describing a referenced work (see Tagging References). This Tag Set allows notes as well as citations in a bibliographic list, but best practice is to place notes in an <fn-group> or <notes> section and use <ref-list> only for bibliographic citations.
<!ELEMENT ref %ref-model; >
(label?, (citation-alternatives | element-citation | mixed-citation | nlm-citation | note)+)
The following, in order:
Including an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
... <back><ack>...</ack> <ref-list> <ref id="B1"> <element-citation publication-type="commun" publication-format="web"> <person-group person-group-type="author"> <name> <surname>Harris</surname> <given-names>Pat</given-names> </name> </person-group> <article-title>New Z39.50 resource</article-title> <comment>[Internet]</comment> <source>Message to: Karen Patrias</source> <date-in-citation content-type="time-stamp" iso-8601-date="1998-02-27T13:18">1998 Feb 27, 1:18 pm</date-in-citation> <date-in-citation content-type="access-date" iso-8601-date="1998-02-28">[cited 1998 Feb 28]</date-in-citation> <comment>[about 2 screens]</comment> </element-citation> </ref> <ref id="B2"> ... </ref> ... </ref-list> ...
Including a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
... <back><ack>...</ack> <ref-list> <ref id="B1"> <mixed-citation publication-type="commun" publication-format="web"> <string-name> <surname>Harris</surname>, <given-names>Pat</given-names> </string-name>, <role>author</role>. <article-title>New Z39.50 resource</article-title> [Internet]. <source>Message to: Karen Patrias</source>. <date-in-citation content-type="time-stamp" iso-8601-date="1998-02-27T13:18">1998 Feb 27, 1:18 pm</date-in-citation> [cited <date-in-citation content-type="access-date" iso-8601-date="1998-02-28">1998 Feb 28</date-in-citation>]. [about 2 screens].</mixed-citation> </ref> <ref id="B2"> ... </ref> ... </ref-list> </back> </article>
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