fn-type

Type of Footnote

Type of information conveyed in the footnote (for example, contributor’s current affiliation, financial disclosure statement, reprint information).

Usage

There are many reasons why the text or metadata of an article might be footnoted. Where those reasons are known (for example, one of the reasons listed in the suggested values list below), this attribute can preserve that information. This could be a means of preserving, for example, that a contributor is on a leave of absence.

Used on Element: <fn>

ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersThe type of footnote, where the publisher or archive has given the footnote a named type such as “corresp” to indicate a corresponding author footnote.
Restriction@fn-type is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Suggested usage

Although designed to accept any text as its value, the following are suggested footnote types. Other types may be given if the semantics of a footnote is not on the list below.
abbr
Abbreviations
com
Communicated-by information
con
Contributed-by information
conflict
Conflict of Interest statements
corresp
Corresponding author information not identified separately, but merely footnoted
current-aff
Contributor’s current affiliation
deceased
Person has died since the article was written.
edited-by
Contributor has the role of an editor.
equal
Contributed equally to the creation of the document
financial-disclosure
Statement of funding or denial of funds received in support of the research on which an article is based
on-leave
Contributor is on sabbatical or other leave of absence.
participating-researchers
Contributor was a researcher for an article.
present-address
Contributor’s current address
presented-at
Conference, colloquium, or other occasion at which this paper was presented
presented-by
Contributor who presented the material
previously-at
Contributor’s previous location or affiliation
reprint
Method or place to obtain reprints, typically the name and address of a person from whom reprints can be requested
study-group-members
Contributor was a member of the study group for the research.
supplementary-material
Points to or describes supplementary material for the article
supported-by
Research upon which an article is based was supported by some entity

Example

...
<fn fn-type="con"><p>Contributors: AF planned and initiated
the review, conducted literature searches, ...</p></fn>
...