Boook metadata is specified in the <book-meta>-element. The following table gives an overview of the elements that are used to specify this information in XML. Next examples are given. See the BITS 2.0 tag library for a full description of elements and attributes.
| element | attribute(s) | required | description |
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| book-id-type | YES | @book-id-type="doi". Value of the DOI is specified by the Brill Production Editor. In general, the EISBN is used in combination with the imprint identifier. |
| YES | Note that only one <subtitle>-element is allowed (due to CrossRef limitations to register the DOI). See Multiple subtitle lines for how to handle in case of more subtitles. | |
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| NO | ||
| xml:lang | NO | In case of a translated title, a <trans-title-goup> is added for each translation of the main title and - if applicable - subtitle within the <book-title-group> element. The @xml:lang must be added to specify the language of the translation. Supported values are ISO 639-2 (B). See the example below. |
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| alt-title-type | NO | An alternative or different version of the title of the book used for sorting. @alt-title-type="sort-title". See the example below. |
| NO | Grouping of one or more contributors and information about those contributors. All types of contributors are grouped in one <contrib-group>. Note that at most one <contrib-group> is allowed in <book-meta>. | |
| contrib-type corresp deceased equal-contrib | YES NO NO NO | Values for the @contrib-type are: "author", "volume editor" (default Book-level editor), "contributor", "advisor", "editor" (used for Text Editions only), "editor/translator", "translator", "copy editor" @corresp="yes" is used in case the book has multiple authors and this contributor is specifically identified as Corresponding Author. Do not include in all other cases. Can be used for multiple contributors to the same book. @deceased="yes" is added in case the contributor is deceased. @equal-contrib="yes" can be added in case the contributor whom this attribute modifies contributed equally with all other contributors. |
| NO | A group of authors, but referred to only as a group, for example a consortium or an institute, like the UN. If <collab> is used, <name> is not required. | |
| name-style xml:lang | YES NO | The name of the contributor is specified with a combination of the elements <surname>, <given-names>, <prefix> and <suffix>. See the example with name alternatives below. @name-style has the values
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| NO | In case of an alternative name or names in a different language or script, a <name-alternatives>-group can be included, containing again <name>-element(s) (see above) and/or <string-name>-element(s) for each alternative name. In such a case, the @xml:lang is added to specify the language of the alternative name.`Supported values are ISO 639-2 (B). See the example below. | |
| xlink:href | NO | The contributor’s email address. @xlink:href contains the e-mail address as a mailto: URI. |
| contrib-id-type authenticated | NO NO | <contrib-id> is only required in case an ORCID-number is available: @contrib-id-type="orcid". Use @authenticated="true" in case the ORCID number is indeed authenticated. Editorial Manager does this by default. Note that the complete URL should be specified, for example: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097. |
| ref-type rid | A cross-reference for each contributor to an affiliation, specified in the next section, @ref-type="aff". Default format of the @rid is "AFFnnnnnn": AFF + a 6-digit sequential numbering, starting with "000001" | |
| id | NO | information for each <xref>-element in the <contrib>-elements. The value of @id is equal to the value of @rid used in the <xref>-elements above. Note that an <aff> with the corresponding @id must be present for each @rid used in the <xref>-elements. |
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| content-type | YES | Name of an institution or organization, like Universiteit Leiden or Universiteit van Amsterdam. This information is provided by Brill, but it must be checked. This element can also contain the name of the department, like Leiden University Centre for Linguistics. Provide this value with a @content-type="dept". |
| institution-id-type | NO | Brill only supports Ringgold identifiers: @institution-id-type="ringgold" |
| NO | The country the institution is located in. The country is specified separate from the address information. | |
| content-type | NO | A text line in an address. @content-type indicates what type of address line information it is. Supported values include "city", "zipcode" |
<book-meta> <book-id book-id-type="doi">10.1163/9789004387058</book-id> <book-title-group> <book-title>The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250–1517)</book-title> <subtitle>Scribes, Libraries and Market</subtitle> </book-title-group> <contrib-group> <contrib contrib-type="author"> <name name-style="western"> <surname>Behrens-Abouseif</surname> <given-names>Doris</given-names> </name> </contrib> </contrib-group> <pub-date publication-format="online"> <day>27</day> <month>9</month> <year>2018</year> </pub-date> <isbn publication-format="print">9789004387003</isbn> <isbn publication-format="online">9789004387058</isbn> <publisher> <publisher-name>Brill</publisher-name> <publisher-loc>Leiden | Boston</publisher-loc> </publisher> <permissions> <copyright-statement>Copyright 2019 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.</copyright-statement> <copyright-year>2019</copyright-year> <copyright-holder>Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands</copyright-holder> <license license-type="ccc"> <license-p>This work is published by Koninklijke Brill NV. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense and Hotei Publishing. Koninklijke Brill NV reserves the right to protect the publication against unauthorized use and to authorize dissemination by means of offprints, legitimate photocopies, microform editions, reprints, translations, and secondary information sources, such as abstracting and indexing services including databases. Requests for commercial re-use, use of parts of the publication, and/or translations must be addressed to Koninklijke Brill NV.</license-p> </license> </permissions> <self-uri content-type="PDF" xlink:href="9789004387058_webready_content_text.pdf"/> <counts> <book-page-count count="190"/> </counts> <custom-meta-group> <custom-meta> <meta-name>version</meta-name> <meta-value>fulltext</meta-value> </custom-meta> </custom-meta-group> </book-meta>
