publication-format

Format of Publication

Format or medium of the document (for example, “print”). This element is used in several senses:
  • to describe the format/medium for a publication date or other lifecycle date such as an acceptance date or a revision date,
  • to describe the format/medium for an ISSN or ISBN, and
  • to name the format/medium of the document being cited as part of a bibliographic reference.

Usage

For use in Dates: In this Tag Set, there are two attributes that can be used to describe history dates and publication dates. The @date-type attribute records the type of event in the lifecycle, such as “accepted”, “published”, or “revised” dates. In addition, the @publication-format attribute records the type of format or media, for example, “print” or “electronic”, to which the event happened.

Remarks

Best Practice: This attribute should be used when the value is known. Values may include such formats as “print”, “electronic”, “video”, “audio”, “ebook”, and “online-only”.

Used on these Elements:

ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersThe cited format, for example, “print”.
Restriction@publication-format is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example 1

Publication date attributes in the article metadata:
...
<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>
...

Example 2

Used in a citation:
...
<element-citation publication-type="book"
publication-format="videocassette" publisher-type="gov">
<name><surname>Stryker</surname>
<given-names>MP</given-names></name>
<source>Making maps in the brain</source>
<comment>[videocassette]</comment>
<publisher-loc>Bethesda (MD)</publisher-loc>
...
</element-citation>
...