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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.
Supplementary Data (DOIs)
Capture supplementary data with DOIs in a <supplementary-material> 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.
    - 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.
    - 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

Supplementary Data (DOIs)

Capture supplementary data with DOIs in a <supplementary-material> element.

Each <supplementary-material> element must contain a @content-type attribute with the value supp-data, a @id attribute containing a unique id for the supplementary data and a @xlink:href attribute containing the file-name of the supplementary data file.

Each <supplementary-material> element must contain <label>, <caption>, <object-id,> and <permissions> child elements:

The <object-id> element must contain a pub-id-type attribute with the value doi and the value of the element must contain the DOI for the supplementary data.
The <label> element must contain a descriptive label for the supplementary data file.
The <caption> element must contain one or more p elements which contain a description of the supplementary data file.
The <permissions> element must contain child <copyright-statement> , <copyright-year>, and <license> elements. See Copyright and License for detailed instructions.

Example

<supplementary-material content-type="supp-data" id="SM0001" xlink:href="bfadab25supp1.pdf">
  <object-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1088/1758-5090/adab25/data1</object-id>
  <label>Supplementary Tables and Figures</label>
  <caption>
    <p>Four supplementary tables and 32 supplementary figures for "Volumetric
  bioprinting of the osteoid niche".</p>
  </caption>
  <permissions>
    <copyright-statement>@The Authors(s)</copyright-statement>
    <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
    <license license-type="author-copyright" xlink:href="https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/alternative-author-rights-policies/">
      <license-p>Supplementary data files are published under <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/alternative-author-rights-policies/">licence</ext-link> by IOP Publishing Ltd. Unless otherwise specified,
    any and all rights in supplementary data belong to the author(s) The
    rights to this content is retained .</license-p>
    </license>
  </permissions>
</supplementary-material>