Season of publication, such as “Spring”, “Third Quarter”, etc.
For a detailed discussion on the use of <season>, see Dates in Citations.
This element is used in both metadata and inside a bibliographic reference (<element-citation> or <mixed-citation>).
<!ELEMENT season (#PCDATA) >
Text, numbers, or special characters
<date>, <date-in-citation>, <element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <nlm-citation>, <product>, <pub-date>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <string-date>
In an element-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing removed):
...
<ref>
<element-citation>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name><surname>Shneiderman</surname>
<given-names>B.</given-names></name>
</person-group>
<article-title>Designing information-abundant web
sites: issues and recommendations</article-title>
<source>Web Developers' Journal</source>
<volume>47</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<issue-title>World Wide Web Usability</issue-title>
<fpage>100</fpage>
<lpage>120</lpage>
<page-range>100-101, 105, 107-120</page-range>
<season>Summer</season>
<year>1997</year>
</element-citation>
</ref>
...
In a mixed-style bibliographic reference (punctuation and spacing preserved):
...
<ref>
<mixed-citation>
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<string-name><surname>Shneiderman</surname>
<given-names>B.</given-names></string-name>
</person-group>.
<article-title>Designing information-abundant web
sites: issues and recommendations</article-title>.
<source>Web Developers' Journal</source>
<year>1997</year> <season>Summer</season>;
<volume>47</volume>(<issue>1</issue>)
<issue-title>World Wide Web Usability</issue-title>:
<page-range>100–101, 105, 107–120</page-range>.
<fpage>100</fpage>
<lpage>120</lpage>
</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...
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