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<front-matter-part> Front Matter Part
Narrative introductory material such as an “Introduction to the Fifth Edition”, etc.
Usage/Remarks
Best Practice
While this element may be used for a Preface, Foreword, or Dedication, it is better
practice to tag such portions of front matter with their respective elements <preface>, <foreword>, and <dedication> respectively. The <front-matter-part> is more properly used for narrative introductory material that does not “fit” one
of these more specific elements, for example, a segment named “Introduction to the
Fifth Edition” or “Executive Summary”.
This is a more simplified version of a book part, being non-recursive.
Attributes
Namespaces
xmlns:mml (fixed value = http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML)
xmlns:xlink (fixed value = http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink)
xmlns:xsi (fixed value = http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance)
Models and Context
May be contained in
Description
Any one of:
- 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
Content Model
<!ELEMENT front-matter-part (%front-matter-part-model;) >
Expanded Content Model
((book-part-meta?, named-book-part-body?, back?))
Tagged Sample
Titled front matter section
This is a user-named front matter section rather than a named BITS front matter component
such as <dedication>
<book dtd-version="2.1">
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<front-matter>
<front-matter-part>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group>
<title>About this book</title>
</title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<sec sec-type="miscinfo">
<title>The NCBI Handbook</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>
...
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</front-matter-part>
</front-matter>
...
</book>