One contributor’s signature and associated material (such as a text restatement of the affiliation) inside a signature block.
This element typically contains the graphic signature or other description of the person responsible for or attesting to the content.
The @rid attribute should be used in conjunction with the @id attribute on <contrib> to associate the <contrib> and <sig> elements.
<!ELEMENT sig (#PCDATA %sig-elements;)* >
(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x | break | graphic | media)*
Any combination of:
With a graphic representation of a signature:
<book dtd-version="1.0">
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<front-matter>
<front-matter-part>
...
<named-book-part-body>
<sec sec-type="miscinfo">
<title>About this book</title>
<p>Bioinformatics consists of a computational approach to
biomedical information management and analysis. It is being
used increasingly as a component of research within both
academic and industrial settings and is becoming integrated
into both undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. The new
generation of biology graduates is emerging with experience
in using bioinformatics resources and, in some cases,
programming skills.</p>
...
<sig-block>
<sig>
Tonia Gaillard<break/>
Analyst
<graphic xlink:href="sig381.f1"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></graphic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</front-matter-part>
</front-matter>
<book-body>...</book-body>
</book>
With multiple signatures described:
<book dtd-version="1.0">
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<front-matter>
<preface>
...
<named-book-part-body>
<sec>
...
<sig-block>
<sig>
<bold>Tom Uzden, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP</bold><break/>
<italic>New York University, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library</italic>
</sig>
<sig>
<bold>Debra Lepair, MLS</bold><break/>
<italic>CINAHL Information Systems</italic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</preface>
</front-matter>
<book-body>...</book-body>
</book>