Element: AbstractText

Contains the text of the abstract or summary associated with the publication.

Structured abstracts have separate <AbstractText> subsections with a @Label indicating each subsection's heading.

Unstructured abstracts include all of the abstract or summary text in a single <AbstractText> field.

Content Model

( #PCDATA | b | i | sup | sub | u | mml:math | DispFormula )*

Contains:

Attributes

  • Label CDATA #IMPLIED
  • NlmCategory (BACKGROUND | OBJECTIVE | METHODS | RESULTS | CONCLUSIONS | UNASSIGNED) #IMPLIED

May be contained in:

Examples

<AbstractText Label="OBJECTIVE">The objective of this study was to assess...</AbstractText>
<AbstractText Label="METHODS">The methods used...</AbstractText>
<AbstractText Label="RESULTS">Significant percentages of...</AbstractText>

<AbstractText>Targeted cancer therapy has become one of the high potential cancer treatments. Human topoisomerase II...</AbstractText>