<sig>

Signature

One contributor’s signature and associated material (such as a text restatement of the affiliation) inside a signature block.

Remarks

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.

Attributes

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

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  sig          (#PCDATA %sig-elements;)*                    >

Expanded Content Model

(#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 | serif | 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)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<sig-block>

Example 1

With a graphic representation of a signature:
    
<book dtd-version="2.0">  
<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>

Example 2

With multiple signatures described:
    
<book dtd-version="2.0">  
<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>

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.0 Tag Library

Version of February 2016

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