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source-type Source Type

This attribute can be used with two elements:
  • to identify the kind of source providing an award that sponsored a work or the research on which a work was based (with the element <funding-source>), or
  • to identify the type of publication, for example, a “book”, “journal”, or “database” that is (or contains) the target of the <related-object>.
OPTIONAL on element: <funding-source>
Value Meaning
Text, numbers, or special characters Type of entity (such as an organization or an individual) that is the source of an award which sponsors a work or the research underlying the work.
Restriction @source-type is an optional attribute; there is no default.
OPTIONAL on element: <related-object>
Value Meaning
Text, numbers, or special characters Type of object that is the source of the related object (<related-object>), for example, “book”.
Restriction @source-type is an optional attribute; there is no default.
Tagged Sample

A book as the target of a <related-object> 

...  
<related-object source-id="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
  query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;dopt=Expanded&amp;db=nlmcatalog&amp;list_uids=1252893"
  source-id-type="url" source-type="book">
 <person-group person-group-type="editor">...</person-group>
 <source>Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa</source>
 ...
</related-object>  
...