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Documentation for the IOP Publishing specific implementation of BITS 2.0 for book content
Book Meta
<book-meta >is a mandatory element for all books as a container for the book level metadata.
Counts
Capture the page count of the book using a <book-page-count > element as a child of <counts>.

Books
Documentation for the IOP Publishing specific implementation of BITS 2.0 for book content
- Root element
  The root element for a book is a <book> element.
- Book Meta
  <book-meta >is a mandatory element for all books as a container for the book level metadata.
  - Book ID
    All books must contain a <book-id> element containing the book level DOI
  - Book Title
    Capture the book title in a <book-title> element inside a <book-title-group> element.
  - Subject Classification
    All books must contain a <subj-group> element containing subject classification information.
  - Contributors
    Contributor information for a book is captured in <contrib-group> elements.
  - Publication Date
    A Publication date for the book must be captured in a <pub-date> element
  - ISSN
    Capture ISSN information in a <issn> element
  - ISBN
    Capture ISBN information in a <isbn> element
  - Publisher
    Capture Publisher information in a <publisher> element.
  - Cover Files
    Capture cover file images in <supplementary-material> elements
  - Supplementary Data
    Capture book level supplementary data in a <supplementary-material> element.
  - Copyright and License
    Capture copyright and license information inside a <permissions> element.
  - Self URI
    Capture the file names of the PDF, EPUB and MOBI representations of the book in <self-uri> elements.
  - Preview PDF
    Capture the filename of the PDF preview file in a self-uri element.
  - Abstract
    Capture Abstracts in an <abstract> element.
  - Counts
    Capture the page count of the book using a <book-page-count > element as a child of <counts>.
  - Custom Metadata
    Capture Custom Metadata in a < custom-meta-group> element.
  - Notes
    Capture notes in a <notes> element.
- Front Matter
  Capture the front matter information for a book inside a <front-matter> element.
- Chapters
  All of a books chapters must be captured in seperate <book-part > elements within a <book-body> element.
- Back Matter
  Capture the book back matter inside a <book-back> element.
- Version and Change Log

Counts

Capture the page count of the book using a <book-page-count > element as a child of <counts>.

The page count for the book must be included in a @count attribute of <book-page-count>.

Example

<counts>
  <book-page-count count="229"/>
</counts>