<ref>

Reference Item

One item in a bibliographic list

Remarks

A <ref> is typically a citation describing a referenced work (see Tagging References). This Tag Set allows notes as well as citations in a bibliographic list, but best practice is to place notes in an <fn-group> or <notes> section and use <ref-list> only for bibliographic citations.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Identifier
specific-use Specific Use

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  ref          %ref-model;                                  >

Expanded Content Model

(label?, 
(element-citation | mixed-citation | nlm-citation | note)+)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<ref-list>

Example 1

Including an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):

...
<back><ack>...</ack>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<element-citation publication-type="commun" publication-format="web">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Harris</surname>
<given-names>Pat</given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title>New Z39.50 resource</article-title>
<comment>[Internet]</comment>
<source>Message to: Karen Patrias</source>
<year>1998</year>
<month>02</month>
<day>27</day>
<date-in-citation content-type="time-stamp">1:18 pm</date-in-citation>
<date-in-citation content-type="access-date">[cited 1998
Feb 28]</date-in-citation>
<comment>[about 2 screens]</comment>
</element-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
...
</ref>
...
</ref-list>
...

Example 2

Including a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):

...
<back><ack>...</ack>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<mixed-citation publication-type="commun" publication-format="web">
<string-name>
<surname>Harris</surname>, 
<given-names>Pat</given-names>
</string-name>, <role>author</role>.
<article-title>New Z39.50 resource</article-title> [Internet].
<source>Message to: Karen Patrias</source>.
<year>1998</year> <month>02</month> <day>27</day>; 
<date-in-citation content-type="time-stamp">1:18 pm</date-in-citation>
[cited <date-in-citation content-type="access-date">1998
Feb 28</date-in-citation>] [about 2 screens]
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
...
</ref>
...
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>

Module

references3.ent