base-tagset Base Tag Set Name

Which of the JATS standard tag sets is the basis for this document?

Usage/Remarks

Until Version 1.3 of JATS, @dtd-version was a #FIXED attribute, set in the schema/DTD, that could not be changed by the JATS user. It was intended to name the highest-level version of JATS to which the document was valid. Being #FIXED meant that the attribute was always there, even if it was not present in the document.
Since the @dtd-version attribute has never provided a complete description of which version of the tag set a document is associated with, several attributes were added to the <processing-meta> element to describe the version choices more fully:
Which of the JATS tag set families is the basis for this document’s tag set? (e.g., “jats” or “bits”)
Which of the JATS standard tag sets is the basis for this document? (e.g., “publishing” or “archiving”)
Which table model is used by the tag set for this document? (e.g., “xhtml” or “oasis”)
Which version of MathML is used by the tag set for this document? (e.g., “3.0” or “2.0”)
OPTIONAL on element: <processing-meta>
Value Meaning
archiving Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Set (Green)
authoring Article Authoring Tag Set (Pumpkin)
publishing Journal Publishing Tag Set (Blue)
Restriction @base-tagset is an optional attribute; there is no default.
Tagged Sample

Publishing, with MathML 3.0 and both XHTML and OASIS CALS tables

<article  
  dtd-version="1.3"
  article-type="editorial"
  specific-use="migrated"
  xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xml:lang="en">
 <processing-meta
   tagset-family="jats"
   base-tagset="publishing"
   mathml-version="3.0" 
   table-model="both">...</processing-meta>
 <front>...</front>
 <body>...</body>
 <back>...</back>
</article>