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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.
Abstracts
Capture article abstracts in an <abstract> element.
Graphical Abstract
Capture Graphical Abstracts in an <abstract> element. with an @abstract-type attribute of value graphical.

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.
    - 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.
      - Standard Abstract
        Capture a standard text abstract in an <abstract> element.
      - Summary Abstract
        Capture a secondary, non-technical, <abstract> with an @abstract-type attribute of value summary.
      - Video Abstract
        Capture Video Abstracts in an <abstract> element with an @abstract-type attribute of value video.
      - Graphical Abstract
        Capture Graphical Abstracts in an <abstract> element. with an @abstract-type attribute of value graphical.
    - 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 v1.5
  The table below lists all current schematron rules for the 1.5 release of the IOPP article schematron. The files are available for download via this link: Schematron Validation Rules v1.5.

Graphical Abstract

Capture Graphical Abstracts in an <abstract> element. with an @abstract-type attribute of value graphical.

The <abstract> element must contain an empty child <title> element and a <fig> element containing the graphical abstract.

The <fig> element must contain a @id attribute containing a unique identifier for the figure and a child <graphic> element containing the reference to the image.

The graphic element must contain the following attributes:

@content-type containing the value online.
@id containing a unique identifier for the graphic.
@xlink:href containing the file name of the graphic.

Example

<abstract abstract-type="graphical">
  <title/>
  <p>
    <fig id="GA1">
      <graphic content-type="online" id="ecsspacc4d9-ga_on" xlink:href="ecsspacc4d9-ga.jpg"/>
    </fig>
  </p>
</abstract>