sec-type
Type of Section
Type of semantic content included in the section (for example,
“materials”,
“conclusions”).
Remarks
Best Practice: This attribute is typically provided
as part of conversion when the semantic information is explicit in the source documents.
Although designed to accept any text as its value, for best practice, this attribute
should be used only if the section is one of the types listed below and should otherwise
be omitted. This is a way to provide information classing to structural sections, for
searching and grouping purposes.
A section that contains content of more than one type should have the type
IDs combined. (For example, “Materials and Methods” would be
tagged “type="materials|methods"”).
Used on Element: <sec>
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | Names the main semantic type of section content, such as an “Introduction”. This attribute is most useful when a list of values is maintained and books are tagged accordingly. |
| Restriction | @sec-type is an optional attribute; there is no default. |
Suggested usage
While this attribute may take any value, the JATS recommended section type values
for articles, which might also be useful for books until best practice is known, are:
cases | Cases/Case Reports |
|---|---|
conclusions | Conclusions/Comment |
discussion | Discussion/Interpretation |
intro | Introduction/Synopsis |
learning-objectives | Learning Objectives or Points to Study |
materials | Materials |
methods | Methods/Methodology/Procedures |
results | Results/Statement of Findings |
subjects | Subjects/Participants/Patients |
supplementary-material | Supplementary materials |
Example 1
...
<sec sec-type="methods">
<title>Methods</title>
<p>The primary question addressed was ...</p>
</sec>
...Example 2
...
<sec id="s8904" disp-level="level2"
sec-type="learning-objectives">
<title show-in-toc="no" suppress="no">Objectives</title>
<p>When you have completed this segment, you should
be able to assess ...</p>
</sec>
...