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<processing-meta> Processing Metadata
Optional container element, used to hold the processing metadata elements, which describe
processing information descriptive of the XML-tagged document (document instance).
Usage/Remarks
The element <processing-meta> provides a more complete in-the-XML description of the tag set associated with a
document than can be understood by the article content elements alone. A <processing-meta> names (through attributes) the tag set, table model, and MathML options a document
follows and (through elements) some of the modeling restrictions or extensions the
document claims to follow.
Processing Metadata is not considered to be part of the content of an article, or
metadata for citing an article; it is metadata about how the XML is constructed —
not about how the article is structured. This metadata is information at the “file
level” and thus not part of <article-meta>, but inside the article as a peer to <front>, which is the article and journal metadata container in JATS.
- New processing metadata container element (<processing-meta>) was added to the model of <article>, as a child element, the peer of <front>.
- The elements inside <processing-meta> name tag set extensions (superset) and restrictions (subset, secondary schema, etc.) that the XML document claims to follow. More than one restriction or extension is allowed.
- The attributes on <processing-meta> describe the modeling choices made by this document in terms of tag set family, base tag set, table model, and math tagging.
<processing-meta> Content
This optional container element is used to hold the processing metadata elements,
which describe processing information descriptive of the XML-tagged document (document
instance). The <processing-meta> element contains the following elements:
- <restricted-by> — Identification of one of the guidelines or other restrictions (such as a tighter subset schema) the document claims to be following. The content of <restricted-by> may be a name such as “jats4r” or “pmc”, or a URI, for example, the URL of a particular JATS4R recommendation. The element is repeatable so that multiple restrictions can be claimed.
- <extended-by> — Identification of a JATS extension or superset that the document claims to be following. The content of <extended-by> may be a name, such as “taxpub”, or a URI. The element is repeatable so that more than one extension can be claimed.
- <custom-meta-group> — To hold other processing metadata a JATS user might want to express in the XML file.
Tag Set Identification Attributes
Since the @dtd-version attribute has never provided a complete description of which version of the tag set
controls a document, several attributes were added to the <processing-meta> element to describe the version choices more fully:
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Which of the JATS tag set families is the basis for this document’s tag set? (e.g.,
“jats” or “bits”)
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Which of the JATS standard tag sets is the basis for this document? (e.g., “publishing” or “archiving”)
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Which table model is used by the tag set for this document? (e.g., “xhtml” or “oasis”)
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Which version of MathML is used by the tag set for this document? (e.g., “3.0” or “2.0”)
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@tagset-family
Which of the JATS tag set families is the basis for this document’s tag set? @tagset-family is an optional attribute; there is no default. The attribute has a set value list:
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bits
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BITS (Book Interchange Tag Suite)
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jats
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JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite)
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sts
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STS (Standards Tag Suite)
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@base-tagset
Which of the JATS standard tag sets is the basis for this document? @base-tagset is an optional attribute; there is no default. The attribute has a set value list:
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archiving
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Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Set (Green)
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authoring
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Article Authoring Tag Set (Pumpkin)
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publishing
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Journal Publishing Tag Set (Blue)
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@table-model
Which table model is used by the tag set for this document? @table-model is an optional attribute; there is no default.
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both
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Both XHTML-inspired and OASIS CALS models are used
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none
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No table models are used
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oasis
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The OASIS XML Exchange (CALS) table model
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xhtml
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The XHTML-inspired table model
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@mathml-version
Which version of MathML is used by the tag set for this document? @mathml-version is an optional attribute; there is no default.
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2.0
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MathML 2.0 is used
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3.0
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MathML 3.0 is used
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@math-representation
A list of the (possibly many) ways mathematical expressions may be represented in
this document, for example, both MathML and TeX (“mathml tex”) or using MathML, SVG
graphics, and narrative text (“mathml images plain-text”).
This attribute has an NMTOKENS value, meaning a space-separated list of values, so
that a document can declare that their documents use both TeX and images, for example,
or MathML, gif images, and TeX. Likely values include:
mathml tex latex images plain-text
Attributes
Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
The following, in order:
- <restricted-by> Restricted-by Model, zero or more
- <extended-by> Extended-by Model, zero or more
- <custom-meta-group> Custom Metadata Group, zero or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT processing-meta
%processing-meta-model; >Expanded Content Model
(restricted-by*, extended-by*, custom-meta-group*)
Tagged Sample
With MathML 3.0 and XHTML tables
<article dtd-version="1.4" xml:lang="en"
article-type="research-article"
xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"
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<processing-meta
tagset-family="jats"
base-tagset="authoring"
mathml-version="3.0"
table-model="xhtml">...</processing-meta>
<front>...</front>
<body>...</body>
<back>...</back>
</article>