date-type

Type of Date

Event in the lifecycle of an book or book part that this date is marking (for example, the date the manuscript was received or accepted, the date the eBook version was published, or the date of any revised edition or retraction).

Usage

In this version of this Tag Set, there are two attributes that can be used to describe history dates and publication dates of books. 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”, to which the event happened. In this Tag Set, the attribute @date-type might take the value “corrected” and the @publication-format attribute the value “electronic” to convey the a corrected electronic version, which some publishers call “ecorrected”.

Attribute Values

In Elements

<date>
<pub-date>
ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special characters Typically a word or phrase that names or describes the purpose of a date, for example, “received” for the date a manuscript was received or “corrected” for the date a document was corrected.
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 date types used in JATS articles. There may be many other important date types used in books that will be found through use of this Tag Set and added here.

accepted

The date a document, typically a manuscript, was accepted

corrected

The date an book or book part was corrected

pub

The publication date (electronic or print)

preprint

Preprint dissemination date (electronic or print)

retracted

The date an book or book part was retracted

received

The date a document, typically a manuscript, was received

rev-recd

The date a revised document was received

rev-request

The date revisions were requested