<ref-count>

Reference Count

Records the total number of either a) the references (<ref>) or (more properly) b) the number of citations (<mixed-citation>) that appear in the bibliographic reference list (<ref-list>) for a book. This count is (roughly) the number of sources cited in the book.

Remarks

The count elements are modeled as EMPTY elements that have no content but carry values on their attributes.

Attribute

count Count

Related Elements

Inside the <counts> container element are the counts of various components of the book: the <fig-count> is the number of figures, the <table-count> is the number of tables, the <equation-count> is the number of equations, the <ref-count> is either the number of references or (more properly) the number of citations in the bibliographic reference list, the <page-count> is the page count, and the <word-count> is the number of words in the book.

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  ref-count     EMPTY                                       >

Description

This is an EMPTY element

This element may be contained in:

<counts>

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>...
<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

articlemeta3.ent