This page gives an overview of issues that occur in the XML and should be avoided, and special points of attention.
Accessibility
Note that following the XML-instructions for both journals and books, it is obliged to add an alternative text to each illustration. This is required to meet relevant accessibility guidelines. As specified the <alt-text>-element should be used. the contents of the element is either the caption-text or a dedicated text specified in the manuscript. If both are not present, the author or production editor should be asked to supply at least a caption text.
BOM-marker
Many XML processing applications (such as our Highwire Online platforms) do not process XML with the BOM Marker in place. Files including a BOM marker cannot be loaded. Existence of the marker should be avoided. XML-editors offer different options for avoiding the BOM-marker in the output. in Oxygen for example it is possible to set the in Preferences->"Encoding" the "UTF-8 BOM handling" to "Don't Write". In case of a file with a BOM-marker, the file should be saved again after making this change in the Preferences.
Contributor email addresses
See the dedicated page Contributor email address with samples.
