Version and Change Log

Version
Table 1. Version
Type Version Number
Documentation v1.5
Schematron v1.5
Change Log
Table 2. Change Log
Date Release Changes
09/10/2025 v1.5 Documentation Changes Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-50 - Updated rule context to only apply to the <license> element for the article.
  • jats-1.3-rule-51 - Updated rule context to only apply to the <license> element for the article.
  • jats-1.3-rule-52 - Updated rule context to only apply to the <license> element for the article.
  • jats-1.3-rule-159 - New rule to validate the <permissions> element within <fig> elements.
  • jats-1.3-rule-160 - New rule to validate the optional <license> element within <permission> elements of <fig>.
Sample & Example File Changes
  • All articles updated to validate against the new validation rules.
09/06/2025 v1.4 Documentation Changes
Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-015 - Updated to add Planetary Science as an allowed value for AAS Corridors.
  • jats-1.3-rule-076 - Updated to allow arxivppt as a value in <custom-meta> elements to capture arXiv preprint identifiers.
  • jats-1.3-rule-137 - New rule to validate that child <object-id> elements of <supplementary-material> have a @pub-id-type attribute with the value doi.
  • jats-1.3-rule-138 - New rule to validate the format of the doi in <object-id> elements.
  • jats-1.3-rule-139 - New rule to validate the presence of non-empty @content-type, @id and @xlink:href for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-140 - New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <label> element for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-141 - New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <caption> element for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-142 - New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <permissions> element for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-143 - New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <copyright-statement> element for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-144 - New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <copyright-year> element for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-145 - New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <license> element and related attributes for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-146- New rule to validate the presence of a non empty <license-p> element for supplementary data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-147 - New rule to validate <supplementary-material> elements have the correct @content-type for AAS Data DOIs.
  • jats-1.3-rule-148 - New rule to validate <supplementary-material> elements for AAS Data DOIs have a non-empty child <object-id> element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-149 - New rule to validate <supplementary-material> elements for AAS Data DOIs have a non empty child <graphic> element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-150 - New rule to validate <supplementary-material> elements for AAS Data DOIs have a non-empty child <xref> element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-151 - New rule to validate that <role> is only allowed as a child of <contrib> elements.
  • jats-1.3-rule-152 - New rule to validate the correct values for @vocab and @vocab-identifier attributes on <role> elements.
  • jats-1.3-rule-153 - New rule to validate that @degree-contribution attributes on <role> elements have values from the allowed list.
  • jats-1.3-rule-154 - New rule to validate that the @vocab-term-identifier attribute on <role> elements have values from the allowed list.
  • jats-1.3-rule-155 - New rule to validate that the @vocab-term attribute on <role> elements match the @vocab-term-identifier.
  • jats-1.3-rule-156 - New rule to validate that <role> elements must have a @vocab-term attribute with same value as text content of the node.
  • jats-1.3-rule-157 - New rule to validate that a single <contrib> cannot have multiple <role> elements of the same type.
  • jats-1.3-rule-158 - New rule to disallow the use of <attrib> elements as children of <fig>/<caption>.
Sample & Example File Changes
  • All articles updated to validate against the new validation rules.
31/03/2025 v1.3
Documentation Changes
  • Author and Editors - Updated to note that authors with only one name should be captured in a <surname> element.
  • Figures - Updated to note that <fig> may have up to three @content-type attributes for <graphic> as opposed to all three being required. Instruction added
  • Figures - Updated to clarify that a <graphic> element with @content-type attribute with the value online is required for each <fig> element.
  • Online Publication Date - Updated to indicate the five journals that do not use online publication dates.
  • Self URI (PDF) - Updated to clarify that Research Notes of the AAS does not use PDF files and is excluded from this topic.
Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-028 - Updated to give a warning if the contributor has no <given-names> element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-032 - Updated to exclude the five journals which do not contain a <pub-date> with @pub-type attribute of value epub.
  • jats-1.3-rule-053 - Updated to exclude Research Notes of the AAS from the rule.
  • jats-1.3-rule-056 - Rule deprecated for this release.
  • jats-1.3-rule-070 - Rule deprecated for this release.
  • jats-1.3-rule-080 - Scope changed to only check <fig> has a @content-type attribute with value online. Changed from a warning to an error.
  • jats-1.3-rule-099 - Rule deprecated for this release. All the tests for <inline-formula> are now covered by rules 100 and 101.
  • jats-1.3-rule-100 - Updated to also check that the count of <inline-graphic> child elements is less than two.
  • jats-1.3-rule-101 - Rule description modified to note the use of <inline-graphic> instead of <inline-formula>.
  • jats-1.3-rule-121 - Updated to exclude the JSAP journals which do not have a <title> element in their <ref-list>.
  • jats-1.3-rule-135 - Added to show an error if a contributor has no child <surname> element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-136 - New rule to show an error if <graphic> children of <fig> have a @content-type attribute with a non-allowed value.
Sample & Example File Changes
  • All articles updated to validate against the new validation rules.
14/11/2024 v1.2
Documentation Changes
  • Related Articles - Updated to allow comment-on and reply-toas valid values of @related-article-type.
  • Emails - Added instructions for emails that require the author name specified.
  • CSTR ID - New topic covering instructions for capturing CSTR IDs.
  • Summary Abstract - New topic covering instructions for capturing summary abstracts.
Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-002 - Updated to allow retraction as an allowed value of @article-type on the root element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-006 - Updated to no longer enforce a ppub ISSN on the journal STMP.
  • jats-1.3-rule-055 - Updated to allow comment-on and reply-toas valid values of @related-article-type.
  • jats-1.3-rule-124 - Severity updated from a warning to an error.
  • jats-1.3-rule-125 - Added to warn when DOIs in <pub-id> include characters which may cause problems when submitted to Crossref.
  • jats-1.3-rule-126 - Added to give an error when <pub-id>[@pub-id-type=doi occurs twice in a <element-citation>.
  • jats-1.3-rule-127 - Added to give an error if <element-citation> contains more than one <fpage>, <lpage>, <elocation-id>, <year>,<volume> <source> or <isbn> child element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-128, 129, 130, 131 - Added to validate the content of <isbn> elements.
  • jats-1.3-rule-132 - Added to give an error when some descendants of <element-citation> are empty.
  • jats-1.3-rule-133 - Added to warn when the contents of <element-citation>/<edition> is longer the 16 characters.
  • jats-1.3-rule-134 - Added to warn when the contents of <funding-source> is longer then 131 characters.
Sample & Example File Changes
  • jinst_18_11_P11012.xmladded for Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT).

  • bf_17_2_025002.xml and apj_960_1_13.xml added for Data DOIs

  • All articles updated to validate against the new validation rules.
28/06/2024 v1.1
Documentation Changes
  • Root Element - Updated to include retraction as an allowed value of @article-type on the root element.
  • Footnotes - Updated to reflect that a @id attribute is not required when <fn> is a child of <table-wrap-foot>.
Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-003 - Updated to no longer check for the presence of a coden code on the journal JSTAT.
  • jats-1.3-rule-006 - Updated to validate the presence of print ISSNs on the journals PMEA and PMB.
  • jats-1.3-rule-108 - Updated to allow <fn> elements that are children of <table-wrap-foot> to omit an @id attribute.
  • jats-1.3-rule-124 - Added a warning for references when the content of <pub-id> with @pub-id-type="doi" does not follow the standard pattern for a DOI.
Sample & Example File Changes
  • <colgroup> and its descendants removed from example tables to match the documentation.
26/06/2024 v1.0 Documentation Changes
  • Collection - Updated topic to correct the instructions for capturing collection information.
Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-013 - Updated to match the corrected instructions for capturing collection information.
18/04/2024 v0.3 Documentation Changes
  • Publishing Partner - New topic covering instructions for publishing partners.
  • Machine Readable Tables (MRT) - New topic covering instructions for machine readable tables.
  • Data Behind the Figure (AAS) - New topic covering instructions for capturing data behind the figure for the AAS.
  • Affiliations - Added example of unlabelled affiliations.
  • Standard Abstract - <title> child element is no longer mandatory.
  • Figure Sets - Added instructions for capturing print and online linking text.
  • Video Figures - Added instructions for capturing print and online linking text.
  • Extended Figures - Added instructions for capturing print and online linking text.
  • Interactive Figures - Added instructions for capturing print and online linking text.
  • Reference List - <title> child element is no longer mandatory.
  • Tables - Added instruction that @position must be included as an attribute of <table-wrap>.
  • Boxed Text - Added instruction that @position must be included as an attribute of <boxed-text>.
  • Graphical Abstract - Removed references to <label> and <caption> elements which are not required.
Validation Changes
  • jats-1.3-rule-017 - Updated to only check the children of <article-title> against the allowed list as opposed to a descendant of <article-title>
  • jats-1.3-rule-040 - Updated to correct the rule context on @content-type from 'suppdata' to 'supp-data'.
  • jats-1.3-rule-041 - Updated to correct the rule context on @content-type from 'suppdata' to 'supp-data'.
  • jats-1.3-rule-056 - Updated to reduce severity to a warning rather then error.
  • jats-1.3-rule-079: Updated to correct the rule context. This rule no longer applies to a <fig> elements which are part of video or graphical abstracts or is descendant of <fig-group>
  • jats-1.3-rule-080: Updated to correct the rule context. This rule no longer applies to a <fig> elements which are part of video or graphical abstracts or is descendant of <fig-group>
  • jats-1.3-rule-083 - Updated to allow <table-wrap> to have a parent <p> when it is a descendant of <abstract>
  • jats-1.3-rule-113 - Updated to only refer to missing <ref> in <ref-list>.
  • jats-1.3-rule-121 - Added rule to warn if a<title> element is missing from <ref-list>.
  • jats-1.3-rule-122: Added rule to check that machine readable tables have a valid <ext-link> child element.
  • jats-1.3-rule-123: Added rule to prevent 'suppdata' as a valid value of @content-type in <supplementary-material>.

Sample & Example File Changes

  • For clarity the default attributes below were removed from elements when not required.
    • @xml:lang="en"
    • @orientation="portrait"
    • @toggle="yes"
    • @span="1"
    • @colspan="1"
    • @rowspan="1"
    • @name-style="western"
  • <pub-date>[@pub-type="epub"] and children removed from samples where they are not required.
  • @position="float" added to <table-wrap> where it was missing
15/02/2024 v0.2 Supplier Review Version
01/11/2023 Draft Release First release of the instructions for internal review.