<book-meta>

Book Metadata

Definition

Metadata components which pertain to a book as a whole, for example, the book title, volume, and ISBN for a work such as a monograph, encyclopedia, reference volume, etc.

Related Elements

A book <book> may be divided into four parts:

  1. the <book-meta> (the book metadata or header information);
  2. the <book-front> (textual material that precedes the actual contents of a book, for example, author biographical information or a preface);
  3. the <body> (textual and graphical content of the book); and
  4. any <back> (ancillary information such as a glossary, reference list, or appendix).

The <book-meta> element is used for metadata relevant to an entire book, whereas the <book-part-meta> element is used for metadata concerning a book component such as a chapter or part.

Model Information

Content Model

<!ELEMENT book-meta     %book-meta-model;                            >

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<book> Book

Tagged Example


<book>
<book-meta>
<book-id pub-id-type="other">handbook</book-id>
<book-title-group>
<book-title>The NCBI Handbook</book-title>
</book-title-group>
<edition>1st</edition>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="editor" rid="bid.m.1">
<name><surname>McEntyre</surname>
<given-names>Jo</given-names></name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="editor" rid="bid.m.1">
<name><surname>Ostell</surname>
<given-names>Jim</given-names></name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="bid.m.1">
<institution>National Center for Biotechnology Information 
(NCBI), National Library of Medicine, National Institutes 
of Health</institution>, 
<addr-line>Bethesda, MD 20892-6510</addr-line>
</aff>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>National Center for Biotechnology Information 
(NCBI), National Library of Medicine, National Institutes 
of Health</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Bethesda, MD</publisher-loc></publisher>
<pub-date><month>11</month><year>2002</year></pub-date>
<counts>
<fig-count count="98"/>
<table-count count="40"/>
<equation-count count="0"/>
<ref-count count="115"/>
<page-count count="532"/>
<word-count count="149852"/>
</counts>
</book-meta>
<book-front>...</book-front>
<body>...</body>
<back>...</back>
</book>

Module

book.dtd