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Documentation for the IOP Publishing specific implementation of JATS 1.3 for article content.
Front
Capture metadata about an article in a <front> element.
Article Meta
Capture metadata about the article in an <article-meta> element.
History Dates
Capture the dates of history of an article using a <history> element.
Accepted Date
Capture the accepted date for an article in a <date> element with a @date-type attribute of value accepted.

Articles
Documentation for the IOP Publishing specific implementation of JATS 1.3 for article content.
- XML Doctype and Encoding
  Capture the doctype and encoding for an article as below.
- Root Element
  The root element for an article is a <article> element.
- Front
  Capture metadata about an article in a <front> element.
  - Journal Meta
    Capture metadata about the journal an article belongs to in a <journal-meta> element.
  - Article Meta
    Capture metadata about the article in an <article-meta> element.
    - Article IDs
      Capture article identifiers in <article-id> elements.
    - Article Categories
      Capture article categorisation information in an <article-categories> element.
    - Article Title
      Capture the article title in a <article-title> element as a child of a <title-group> element.
    - Contributors
      Contributor information for an article is captured in <contrib-group> elements.
    - Publication Dates
      Capture publication dates for an article in <pub-date> elements.
    - Volume
      Capture the volume number for an article using a <volume> element.
    - Issue
      Capture the issue number for an article using a <issue> element.
    - Page Identifier
      Capture the Page Identifier for an article in either a <elocation-id> element or <fpage> and <lpage> elements.
    - Supplementary Data
      Capture supplementary data files for an article in a <supplementary-material> element.
    - Supplementary Data (DOIs)
      Capture supplementary data with DOIs in a <supplementary-material> element.
    - Supplementary Data (AAS)
      Capture supplementary data with DOIs for AAS articles in a <supplementary-material> element.
    - TOC Image
      Capture a TOC image using a <supplementary-material> element.
    - History Dates
      Capture the dates of history of an article using a <history> element.
      - Received Date
        Capture the received date for an article in a <date> element with a @date-type attribute of value received.
      - Revised Date
        Capture the revised date for an article in a <date> element with a @date-type attribute of value rev-recd.
      - Accepted Date
        Capture the accepted date for an article in a <date> element with a @date-type attribute of value accepted.
      - OA Requested Date
        Capture the date open-access was requested for an article in a <date> element with a @date-type attribute of value oa-requested.
    - Copyright and License
      Capture copyright and license information inside a <permissions> element.
    - Self URI (PDF)
      Capture the file name of the PDF representation of the article in a <self-uri> element.
    - Self URI (ePub)
      Capture the file name of the ePub representation of the article in a <self-uri> element.
    - Related Articles
      Capture related articles using a <related-article> element.
    - Abstracts
      Capture article abstracts in an <abstract> element.
    - Keywords
      Capture keywords for an article in a <kwd-group> element.
    - Funding
      Capture funding information in a <funding-group> element.
    - Counts
      Capture the page count of an article using a <page-count> element child of <counts>.
    - Custom Metadata
      Capture custom meta-data for an article in a <custom-meta-group> element.
- Article Body
  Capture the article body content in a <body> element.
- Article Back
  Capture reference lists, appendices and other back matter in a <back> element.
- Version and Change Log
- Schematron Validation Rules v1.6
  List of current schematron validation rules

Accepted Date

Capture the accepted date for an article in a <date> element with a @date-type attribute of value accepted.

The <date> element must have <day> , <month> and <year> child elements populated with the correct numerical values with leading zeros where appropriate.

Example

<date date-type="accepted">
  <day>25</day>
  <month>05</month>
  <year>2023</year>
</date>