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<series> Series

Series information about a journal or book in a bibliographic reference or product.

Usage/Remarks

The word “series” is used in this Tag Set with two very different meanings. The element <series> is used for only one of those meanings, and the two elements <series-text> and <series-title> are used only for the other:
  • <series> is used in elements that include citation information (<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <product>) to identify publications that are part of a published series. For example, a publisher may issue a “Nursing References Series” that includes a book on the history of nursing, one on current nursing practices, one on nursing education, and another containing nurses’ professional experiences. The <series> element is used to capture that “Nursing Reference Series” information.
  • <series-text> and <series-title> are used to identify a collection of articles within an issue or a collection of similar articles across multiple issues. For example, a single issue of a journal may contain numerous colloquium papers that can be identified as part of a series by including <series-title>Colloquium</series-title> in each article’s metadata. An example of a series that spans issues is the “Inaugural Article” series in PNAS. These articles from newly-elected members of the National Academy of Sciences are all part of the same series, but appear in different issues of the journal.
Related Elements
Within the article metadata, the <series-title> element names a collection of articles within an issue or a collection of similar articles across multiple issues, while the <series-text> element provides textual description (if any) of the series. The similarly named but unrelated element <series> is a container element to hold any series data mentioned in a bibliographic reference (<element-citation> or <mixed-citation>).
Attributes
content-type
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <nlm-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  series       (#PCDATA %series-elements;)*                 >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | ruby | sub | sup | named-content | styled-content)*

Tagged Sample

In citations

Mixed citation
...
<ref>
 <mixed-citation publication-type="book" publication-format="print">
  <string-name><surname>Mullner</surname>,
  <given-names>RM</given-names></string-name>,
  <string-name><surname>Jewell</surname>,
  <given-names>M</given-names></string-name>, compilers.
  <source>A bibliography of recent works on home
  health care</source>. <publisher-loc>Lewiston
  (NY)</publisher-loc>: <publisher-name>Edwin
  Mellen Press</publisher-name>;
  &copy;<date-in-citation content-type="copyright-year"
  iso-8601-date="2000">2000</date-in-citation>.
  <size units="pages">184 p</size>. (<series>Studies
  in health and human services; vol. 37</series>).
 </mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
Element citation
...
<ref>
 <element-citation publication-type="book" publication-format="print">
  <person-group person-group-type="compiler">
   <name><surname>Mullner</surname>
    <given-names>RM</given-names></name>
   <name><surname>Jewell</surname>
    <given-names>M</given-names></name>
  </person-group>
  <source>A bibliography of recent works on
   home health care</source>
  <publisher-loc>Lewiston (NY)</publisher-loc>
  <publisher-name>Edwin Mellen Press</publisher-name>
  <date-in-citation content-type="copyright-year"
    iso-8601-date="2000">2000</date-in-citation>
  <size units="pages">184 p</size>
  <series>Studies in health and human services; 
   vol. 37</series>
 </element-citation>
</ref>
...