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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.
Copyright and License
Capture copyright and license information inside a <permissions> element.
License
Capture license information inside a <license> element.

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.
    - 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.
      - Copyright Statement
        Capture the copyright statement for an article in a <copyright-statement> element.
      - Copyright Year
        Capture the copyright year for an article in a <copyright-year> element.
      - License
        Capture license information inside a <license> 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 v1.2
  List of current schematron validation rules

License

Capture license information inside a <license> element.

The <license> element must contain a @license-type attribute indicating the type of license along with a matching @xlink:href attribute which contains a URL for the license. The allowed values for @license-type and the matching@xlink:href are in the table below:


`@license-type`	`@xlink:href`
iop-standard	https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/iop-standard/v1
cc-by	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
cc-by-sa	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
cc-by-nd	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
cc-by-nc	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
cc-by-nc-nd	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
cc-by-nc-sa	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

The <license> element must contain a child <license-p> element describing the license.

If the article has an Open Access license then include the graphic for the license using a <graphic> element.

The <license-p> must contain a <ext-link> element which contains:

A @xlink:href attribute which matches the @xlink:href of the parent <license> element.
A @ext-link-typewith the value of uri.

Standard License Example

<license license-type="iop-standard" xlink:href="https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/iop-standard/v1">
  <license-p> This article is available under the terms of the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/iop-standard/v1">IOP-Standard License</ext-link> . </license-p>
</license>

Open Access License Example

<license license-type="cc-by" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
  <license-p>
  <graphic content-type="print" xlink:href="njpacd8e4license.eps"/>
  <graphic content-type="online" xlink:href="njpacd8e4license.gif"/> Original
  content from this work may be used under the terms of the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
license</ext-link>. Any further distribution of this work must
maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work,
journal citation and DOI.</license-p>
</license>