Attribute: Type

The @Type attribute provides additional information on the source or sort of item described. It is available for the following elements:

  • <OtherAbstract>: Identifies the organization who contributed the abstract.
  • <DescriptorName>: Indicates that the subject term is a MeSH geographic subject term.
  • <AuthorList>: Identifies the type of contributors listed in the AuthorList, e.g. editors as opposed to authors.
  • <LocationLabel>: States the location or aspect of the publication to which the contents of <LocationLabel> applies.
  • <SupplMeshName>: Identifies the type of Supplementary Concept Record (SCR) term assigned to the citation as part of MeSH indexing. The @Type attribute identifies the class of SCR, e.g. disease or protocol.
  • <Object>: Available to specify the type of additional metadata included in the <Object> element.
  • <URL>: Specifies the type of URL provided. This attribute is not currently used.

In <AuthorList>

Type (authors|editors) #IMPLIED

In <DescriptorName>

Type (Geographic) #IMPLIED

In <LocationLabel>

Type (part|chapter|section|appendix|figure|table|box) #IMPLIED

In <URL>

Type (FullText|Summary|fulltext|summary) #IMPLIED

In <Object>

Type CDATA #REQUIRED

In <OtherAbstract>

Type (AAMC|AIDS|KIE|PIP|NASA|Publisher|plain-language-summary) #REQUIRED

In <SupplMeshName>

Type (Disease|Protocol|Organism|Anatomy|Population) #REQUIRED