sec-type

Type of Section

Definition

Identifies the semantic content of a section, where that is known, for example, a section on “Materials”

Usage

This attribute is typically provided as part of conversion when the semantic information is explicit in the source documents. Although designed to accept any text as its value, for best practice, this attribute should be used only if the section is one of the types listed below and should otherwise be omitted.

A section that contains content of more than one type should have the type IDs combined (e.g., “Materials and Methods” would be tagged “type="materials|methods"”).

Remarks

Recommended section type values are:

intro

Introduction/Synopsis

materials

Materials

methods

Methods/Methodology/Procedures

subjects

Subjects/Participants/Patients

cases

Cases/Case Reports

results

Results/Statement of Findings

discussion

Discussion/Interpretation

conclusions

Conclusions/Comment

Attribute Values

In Element

<sec> Section
Value Meaning
Data characters Text, numbers, or special characters are permitted, but the suggested value is a name, such as “conclusions”, that indicates one of the named section types above.
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used.