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, the reasons are 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.

Attribute Values

In 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: This 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:

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