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<collab> Collaborative (Group) Author

Group of contributors credited under a single name, such as an organization credited as a contributor.

Usage/Remarks

This element may contain either a collaboration of individuals or the name of an organization (such as a laboratory, educational institution, corporation, or department) when such a unit acts as a contributor by, for example, authoring the work.
Not to be confused with the element <contrib-group> which is a container element that holds information such as the names and affiliations of a group of individual contributors.
This element may be used within bibliographic references (<element-citation> and <mixed-citation>).
Attributes
collab-type
hreflang
specific-use
symbol

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang

Linking Attributes

xlink:actuate
xlink:href
xlink:role
xlink:show
xlink:title
xlink:type

Namespaces

xmlns:xlink
Models and Context
May be contained in
<collab-alternatives>, <contrib>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <nlm-citation>, <person-group>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  collab       (#PCDATA %collab-elements;)*                 >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | sub | sup | addr-line | city | country | fax | institution | institution-wrap | phone | postal-code | state | contrib-group | address | aff | aff-alternatives | author-comment | bio | email | ext-link | on-behalf-of | role | uri | xref | fn)*

Tagged Samples
Committee as contributor 
...
<article-meta>
 ...
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <collab collab-type="committee">Technical Committee ISO/TC 108, 
    Subcommittee SC 2</collab>
  </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
 ...
 <fpage seq="1">1</fpage>
 <lpage>23</lpage>
 <history>
  <date date-type="approved" iso-8601-date="2012-06-01">
   <day>01</day>
   <month>06</month>
   <year>2012</year>
  </date>
 </history>
 ...
</article-meta>
...
Including institution and program 
...
<contrib-group>
 <contrib contrib-type="author">
  <collab>
   <named-content content-type="program">Joint United
   Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)</named-content>,
   <institution>World Health Organization</institution>,
   Geneva, <country>Switzerland</country></collab>
 </contrib>
 <contrib contrib-type="author">
  <collab>
   <named-content content-type="program">Nonoccupational HIV
   PEP Task Force, Brown University AIDS Program</named-content>
   and the <institution>Rhode Island Department of
   Health</institution>, Providence, Rhode Island</collab>
 </contrib>
</contrib-group>
...
In citations
Mixed citation
...
<ref id="B1">
 <label>1</label>
 <mixed-citation publication-type="book">
  <collab>Research Unit of the Royal College of 
  Physicians and British Geriatric Society</collab>. 
  <source>Geriatric day hospitals: their role 
  and guidelines for good practice</source>. 
  <publisher-loc>London</publisher-loc>:
  <publisher-name>RCP</publisher-name>; 
  <year iso-8601-date="1994">1994</year>.
 </mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
Element citation
...
<ref id="bid.1626">
 <label>2</label>
 <element-citation>
  <collab>The BAC Resource Consortium</collab>
  <year iso-8601-date="2001">2001</year>
  <article-title>Integration of cytogenetic landmarks into
   the draft sequence of the human genome</article-title>
  <source>Nature</source>
  <volume>409</volume>
  <fpage>953</fpage>
  <lpage>958</lpage>
  <pub-id pub-id-type="pmid">11237021</pub-id>
 </element-citation>
</ref>
...
Government report in citation 
...
<ref id="c25">
 <mixed-citation publication-type="report" publisher-type="government">
  <collab>Federal Highway Administration</collab> (FHWA). 
  (<year iso-8601-date="1992">1992</year>). &#x201C;<part-title>Evaluating 
  scour at bridges</part-title>.&#x201D; <source><italic>Hydr. Engrg. Circular  
  No. 18</italic></source>: <gov><italic>FHWA-IP-90-017</italic></gov>, 
  <publisher-name>Office of Engineering, Bridge Div.</publisher-name>, 
  <publisher-loc>Washington, D.C.</publisher-loc>
 </mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
Collaborations and named contributors 
...
<article-meta>
 ...
 <contrib-group>
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <string-name name-style="western">
    <given-names>T.</given-names> <surname initials="A">Aaltonen</surname>
   </string-name>
   <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a618"/> 
   <xref ref-type="collab" rid="c356"/> 
  </contrib>
  ...
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <string-name name-style="western">
    <given-names>V.M.</given-names> <surname initials="A">Abazov</surname>
   </string-name>
   <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a983"/> 
   <xref ref-type="collab" rid="c489"/> 
  </contrib>
  ...
  <contrib contrib-type="author">
   <string-name name-style="western">
    <given-names>B.</given-names> <surname initials="A">Abbott</surname>
   </string-name>
   <xref ref-type="aff" rid="a714"/>
   <xref ref-type="collab" rid="c489"/> 
  </contrib>
  ...
  <contrib>
   <collab symbol="*" id="c356">CDF Collaboration</collab>
  </contrib>
  <contrib>
   <collab symbol="&dagger;" id="c489">D0 Collaboration</collab>
  </contrib>
 </contrib-group>
 <aff id="a618">
  <label>12</label>
  <institution>Division of High Energy Physics, Department 
  of Physics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Institute 
  of Physics</institution>, <postal-code>FIN-00014</postal-code>, 
  <city>Helsinki</city>, <country>Finland</country></aff>
 ...
 <aff id="a983">
  <label>48</label>
  <institution>Joint Institute for Nuclear Research</institution>, 
  <city>Dubna</city>, <country>Russia</country></aff>
 ...
 <aff id="a714">
  <label>112</label>
  <institution>University of Oklahoma</institution>, 
  <city>Norman</city>, <state>Oklahoma</state> 
  <postal-code>73019</postal-code>, <country>USA</country></aff>
 ...
</article-meta>
...