<pub-date>

Publication Date

Container element for the parts of a single date associated with an article’s publication (for example, date preprint was released, date article was published in print).

Remarks

As part of the article metadata (<article-meta>), the element <pub-date> is allowed to repeat; each repetition can take a different @publication-format attribute to distinguish which form of publication, for example, print publication, electronic publication, etc. and a @date-type attribute to distinguish between preprint, publication, revision received, etc.

Attributes

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  pub-date     %pub-date-model;                             >

Expanded Content Model

(((day?, month?) | season)?, year, era?)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

Example

...
<article-meta>
<article-id pub-id-type="pmid">...</article-id>
<title-group>...</title-group>
<contrib-group>...</contrib-group>
<aff id="StLukes">...</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="1999-03-27">
<day>27</day><month>03</month><year>1999</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>318</volume>
<issue>7187</issue>
<fpage>837</fpage>
<lpage>841</lpage>
<history>
<date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="1999-01-29">
<day>29</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>1999</year></date>
</history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1999, British
Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>British Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>To examine the effectiveness of
day hospital attendance in prolonging independent living for elderly
people.</p>
</abstract>
</article-meta>
...