<preface>
Preface
A named book component that contains text which is called a “Preface”; each publisher
is free to define that term.
Note: A publisher could choose to call this component just
another <front-matter-part>, but many publishers specifically identify prefaces, so this
element was included in the BITS Tag Set.
Attributes
Content Model
<!ELEMENT preface %preface-model; >
Expanded Content Model
(book-part-meta?, named-book-part-body?, back?)
Description
The following, in order:
- <book-part-meta> Book Part Metadata, zero or one
- <named-book-part-body> Named Book Part Body, zero or one
- <back> Back Matter for a Book Part, zero or one
This element may be contained in:
Example
...
<front-matter>
<preface>
<book-part-meta>
<book-part-id book-part-id-type="publisher">NBK98243</book-part-id>
<title-group>
<title>Preface</title>
</title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, systematic
reviews of existing research on the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness,
and comparative harms of different medical tests, are intended ...</p>
<p>The <italic>Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews</italic> complements
...</p>
<p>The series of chapters comprising this Medical Test Methods Guide
is the result of a collaborative effort ...</p>
...
</named-book-part-body>
</preface>
</front-matter>
...