<annotation>

Annotation in a Citation

Commentary, summary, review, or similar non-bibliographic information concerning the cited work.

Remarks

While most citations simply provide the bibliographic information for a cited reference, a few describe the work, categorize the work, comment upon the nature or quality of the work, or summarize its findings. The <annotation> element is intended to hold such commentary.
Display/Formatting Note: All of the other reference elements are inline elements. In contrast, an <annotation> is typically presented as a block element, with space before and after it.

Related Elements

This element is not related to the MathML <annotation> element, which is a mathematical term used only with equations.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  annotation   %annotation-model;                           >

Expanded Content Model

((p)+)

Description

Any one of:

This element may be contained in:

<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>

Example 1

In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
    ...
<ref>
<element-citation publication-type="commun">
<person-group>
<name><surname>Nightingale</surname>
<given-names>Florence</given-names></name>
</person-group>
<comment>115 Park Street, W, [London, GB]</comment>
<source>Letter to: Marquis Townshend</source>
<year iso-8601-date="1864-07-27">1864</year>
<month>Jul</month>
<day>27</day>
<size units="leaves">4 leaves</size>
<comment>Located at: Modern Manuscripts Collection,
History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, 
Bethesda, MD; MS F 179</comment>
<annotation><p>Nightingale responds to Townshend&rsquo;s
request on behalf of a Mrs. Montague for funds to support 
old nurses</p></annotation>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...

Example 2

In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
    ...
<ref>
<mixed-citation publication-type="commun">
<string-name><surname>Nightingale</surname>,
<given-names>Florence</given-names></string-name> (115
Park Street, W, [London, GB]). <source>Letter to: Marquis
Townshend</source>. <year iso-8601-date="1864-07-27">1864</year>
<month>Jul</month> <day>27</day>. <size units="leaves">4
leaves</size>. Located at: Modern Manuscripts Collection,
History of Medicine Division, National Library of
Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS F 179.
<annotation><p>Nightingale responds to Townshend&rsquo;s
request on behalf of a Mrs. Montague for funds to support
old nurses.</p></annotation>
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.0 Tag Library

Version of February 2016

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