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<response> Response

Reply, response, or commentary concerning the journal article. In the typical case, the response is included in the same XML package as the original article, attached at the end of the article proper. Metadata that differs from that of the original article (for example, title, author) may be captured using the <front-stub> element; if the <front-stub> element is used, any metadata not specifically tagged is inherited from the original article.

Usage/Remarks

When a reply or response to an article is an article in its own right (therefore not included as part of the original article) the <response> element is not appropriate. Such an external response should be identified with a <related-article> element inside article metadata (<article-meta>) to record the metadata for the original article. The original article could likewise use a <related-article> to record the metadata for the response.
The <response> construction is for the case in which several responses to an article are lumped together as a single container article, which is not the original article, merely a collection of responses. (In one example we examined, the first two responses were to an original article which was elsewhere, and the third response was a response to the first two responses.)
Related Elements
A journal article (<article>) may be divided into several components:
  1. <processing-meta> (the metadata that concerns the XML file rather than the contents of the document);
  2. <front> (the metadata or header information, which contains both journal metadata [<journal-meta>] and article metadata [<article-meta>]);
  3. <body> (the textual and graphical content of the article);
  4. <back> (any ancillary information such as a glossary, reference list, or appendix);
  5. <floats-group> (single container element some publishers and archives use to hold all floating elements such as figures and tables that are referenced in the article body or back matter); and
  6. either a series of <response> elements or a series of <sub-article> elements. (A <response> is a commentary on the article itself, such as a summation by an editor, an answer to a letter-article, or words from the author responding to peer-review comments. Sub-articles are articles such as news pieces, abstracts, or committee reports that are completely contained within a main article.)
Attributes
response-type
specific-use

Multi-lang Attributes

lang-focus
lang-focus-custom
lang-group
lang-source
lang-source-custom
lang-translate
lang-variant
lang-variant-custom

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<article>, <sub-article>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  response     %article-short-model;                        >
Expanded Content Model
(processing-meta?, (front | front-stub), body?, back?,
floats-group?)
Tagged Sample

Comments and responses

Comment letter in a section, comment letter in response, and Author’s reply in response
<article dtd-version="1.4">
 <front>
  <journal-meta>
   <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JCM</journal-id>
   <issn>0095-1137</issn>
   <publisher><publisher-name>JCM</publisher-name></publisher>
  </journal-meta>
  <article-meta>
   <article-id pub-id-type="pmid">0547</article-id>
   <article-categories>
    <subj-group><subject>Letter to the Editor</subject></subj-group>
   </article-categories>
   <title-group>
    <article-title><italic>Acrophialophora fusispora</italic> Misidentified 
     as <italic>Scedosporium prolificans</italic></article-title>
   </title-group>
   <contrib-group>
    <contrib contrib-type="author">
     <name><surname>Guarro&ast;</surname>
      <given-names>Josep</given-names></name>
     <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref>
    </contrib>
    <contrib contrib-type="author">
     <name><surname>Gen&eacute;</surname>
      <given-names>Josepa</given-names></name>
     <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref>
    </contrib>
   </contrib-group>
   <aff>...</aff>
   <pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2002">
    <year>2002</year></pub-date>
   <volume>40</volume>
   <issue>9</issue>
   <fpage>42</fpage>
   <lpage>43</lpage>
   <permissions>
    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2002, British Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
    <copyright-year>2002</copyright-year>
   </permissions>
  </article-meta>
 </front>
 <body>
  <sec>
   <title>Comment Letter 1</title>
   <p>Arthur et al. reported an interesting case of human keratouveitis associated 
    with the intraocular long-term retention of a contact lens, ...</p>
  </sec>
 </body>
 <back>
  <ref-list>...</ref-list>
 </back>
  
 <response response-type="reply">
  <front>
   <journal-meta>...</journal-meta>
   <article-meta>
    <article-id>mul356</article-id>
    <title-group>
     <article-title>Comment Letter 2</article-title>
    </title-group>
    <contrib-group>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name><surname>Sigler&ast;</surname>
       <given-names>Lynne</given-names></name>
      <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name><surname>Sutton</surname>
       <given-names>Deanna A.</given-names></name>
      <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>b</italic></sup></xref>
     </contrib>
    </contrib-group>
    <aff>...</aff>
    ...
   </article-meta>
  </front>
  <body>
   <p>We are writing concerning the identification of the fungus causing
    keratouveitis ...</p>
  </body>
  <back>
   <ref-list>...</ref-list>
  </back>
 </response>

 <response response-type="reply">
  <front>
   <journal-meta>...</journal-meta>
   <article-meta>
    <article-id>mul987</article-id>
    <title-group>
     <article-title>Authors&apos; Reply</article-title>
    </title-group>
    <contrib-group>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name><surname>Arthur&ast;</surname>
       <given-names>Stella</given-names></name>
      <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref>
     </contrib>
     <contrib contrib-type="author">
      <name><surname>Steed</surname>
       <given-names>Lisa L.</given-names></name>
      <xref ref-type="aff"><sup><italic>a</italic></sup></xref>
     </contrib>
    </contrib-group>
    <aff>...</aff>
    ...
   </article-meta>
  </front>
  <body>
   <p>We read with great interest and much chagrin the letters to the editor by
    Drs. Sigler and Sutton and Drs. Guarro and Gene correcting our misidentification
    of <italic>Acrophialophora fusispora</italic> ...</p>
   ...
  </body>
  <back>
   <ref-list>...</ref-list>
  </back>
 </response>
</article>
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