<sig-block>

Signature Block

An area of text and graphic material placed at the end of the body of introductory material, a book part, or section to hold the graphical signature or description of the person(s) responsible for or attesting to the content

Remarks

This element is not a substitute for contributor information in the article metadata.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Identifier
rid Reference to an Identifier
specific-use Specific Use

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  sig-block    (#PCDATA %sig-block-elements;)*              >

Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | break | bold | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | alternatives | graphic | media | inline-graphic | private-char | named-content | styled-content | sig | sub | sup)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<abstract>, <ack>, <app>, <bio>, <boxed-text>, <notes>, <sec>, <trans-abstract>

Example 1

With a graphic representation of a signature:

<book>
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<book-front>
<sec sec-type="miscinfo">
<title>About this book</title>
<p>Bioinformatics consists of a computational approach 
to biomedical information management and analysis. It is 
being used increasingly as a component of research within 
both academic and industrial settings and is becoming 
integrated into both undergraduate and postgraduate 
curricula. The new generation of biology graduates is 
emerging with experience in using bioinformatics resources 
and, in some cases, programming skills.</p>
...
<sig-block>
<sig>
Tonia Gaillard<break/>
Analyst
<graphic xlink:href="sig381.f1" 
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"></graphic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</sec>
</book-front>
...
</book>

Example 2

With multiple signatures described:

<book>
<book-meta>...</book-meta>
<book-front>
<sec sec-type="miscinfo">
<title>Preface</title>
...
<sig-block>
<sig>
<bold>Tom Uzden, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP</bold><break/>
<italic>New York University, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library</italic>
</sig>
<sig>
<bold>Debra Lepair, MLS</bold><break/>
<italic>CINAHL Information Systems</italic>
</sig>
</sig-block>
</sec>
</book-front>
...
</book>

Module

common3.ent