dtd-version

Version of the Tag Set (DTD)

Version of the Tag Set that should be used to validate this article.

Remarks

Best Practice: This is a “fixed” attribute (meaning that the value is set via a parameter entity; thus, an author or editor cannot change it) that should change every time this Tag Set changes versions or revisions. Best Practice is to always use this attribute, even when using the XSD or RNG versions of this Tag Set.

Used on Element: <article>

ValueMeaning
1.2The NISO JATS version 1.2 (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2019) of the Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Set is being used.
Restriction@dtd-version has a fixed value which may not be changed in the document.

Example

<article
  xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2"
  specific-use="migrated"
  xml:lang="en">
<front>...</front>
<body>...</body>
<back>...</back>
</article>