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Document Revision History
Date Version Content Type Description
2021–08–17 1.30 Books Updated narrative to clarify book license-type inheritance
2021–08–01 1.30 Books Updated narrative to more strongly recommend book-type for Google Scholar indexing
2021–06–16 1.29 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added information about contrib-type display configurations
2021–06–14 1.29 Books Updated chapter body related-object support
2021–05–04 1.29 Books Added support for depositing book license references
2021–05–04 1.29 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added content-type attribute to subject for pass-through only
2021–04–30 1.29 Articles, Proceedings Expanded support for funding tagging
2021–04–29 1.29 Articles Added support for new version type Proof in article versioning (multiple NISO JAV versions of a single article)
2021–03–16 1.28 Articles, Proceedings Updated section on usage of display attributes to apply to all types of content
2021–03–16 1.28 Books Fixed bug regarding loss of support for sec/sec-meta in SCBITS
2021–03–08 1.28 Articles Added support for article versioning (mutliple NISO JAV versions of a single article)
2021–03–03 1.28 Books Added support for external links to quizzes via related-object tagging
2021–02–08 1.28 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated narrative to describe support for conference proceedings reference enhancements
2021–01–15 1.27 Articles, Proceedings Updated narrative to describe funder display
2021–01–13 1.27 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated narrative to clarify sidebar behavior
2020–12–30 1.27 Articles, Proceedings, Books Narrative cleanup
2020–11–24 1.27 Books Updated book xml example to remove unsupported related-objects links
2020–11–16 1.27 Articles, Proceedings Updated narrative to remove unsupported related-objects links
2020–11–12 1.27 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated narrative to clarify footnote behavior
2020–10–13 1.26 Proceedings Updated narrative to reflect Proceedings article publication date behavior
2020–10–12 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated narrative to clarify how Zipline 3 handles whitespace between elements on loading
2020–10–09 1.26 Books Updated XML examples to better reflect chapter content in books
2020–10–08 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated narrative to reflect ORCID iD branding
2020–10–08 1.26 Articles Updated narrative to clarify requirements for topic-driven TOCs
2020–09–22 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated narrative to clarify common features of both Specifications
2020–09–21 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated XML examples with and clarified support for ‘tex-math’ and LaTex
2020–09–16 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated all documents to reflect new Silverchair branding
2020–09–15 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated XML examples to correct subj-group tagging
2020–09–09 1.26 Articles Clarified narrative regarding CRediT roles and requirements
2020–09–02 1.26 Books Narrative cleanup
2020–09–02 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added support for ‘@initials’ on ‘surname’ and ‘given-names’
2020–09–01 1.26 Articles Added support for configuring article date import order by journal type (continuous vs. traditional)
2020–09–01 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated ‘journal-id’ and ‘book-id’ in sample XML
2020–09–01 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added support for ‘version’ in citations
2020–08–31 1.26 Books Removed non-functional question and answer elements from XSD
2020–08–31 1.26 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added rules for checksum on ISBNs, ISSNs, and ORCID ID values
2020–08–28 1.26 Articles, Proceedings Narrative cleanup
2020–07–29 1.25 Articles, Proceedings, Books Clarified narrative re: ‘list’ in ‘p’
2020–07–21 1.25 Articles Clarified narrative, ‘article-title’ is mandatory
2020–07–08 1.25 Proceedings Clarified narrative regarding ‘isbn’ ‘@content-type’ values
2020–07–08 1.25 Books Deprecated support for ‘app-group’ in ‘book-back’
2020–07–07 1.25 Articles, Books Updated SoundCloud support for embed link
2020–07–02 1.25 Articles, Books Deprecated support for ‘app’ in ‘bio’
2020–06–25 1.25 Articles Added support for inline presentation of supplemental figures and tables
2020–06–15 1.25 Articles Added support for ‘article-version’ within ‘article-meta’
2020–06–10 1.25 Books Clarified narrative regarding Access License and Indicators (ali) tagging
2020–05–20 1.24 Articles Clarified narrative regarding Access License and Indicators (ali) tagging
2020–05–12 1.24 Articles, Proceedings Clarified narrative regarding use and necessity of DOIs
2020–05–11 1.24 Articles, Proceedings Clarified narrative regarding license information sent to Crossref
2020–05–08 1.24 Articles, Proceedings Clarified narrative regarding ‘@related-article-type’ and Crossmark
2020–05–06 1.24 Articles, Proceedings, Books Clarified narrative regarding use of ‘@equal-contrib’
2020–04–23 1.24 Articles, Proceedings Clarified narrative regarding issue-meta loading
2020–04–23 1.24 Proceedings Clarified narrative regarding the ‘issn’ requirement for Proceedings
2020–04–17 1.24 Books Clarified narrative and business rules regarding book chapter versioning
2020–04–03 1.24 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added support for in-line YouTube and SoundCloud media
2020–04–01 1.24 Articles Added support for data availability statements
2020–03–27 1.24 Articles Added support for custom-meta for Peer Review status
2020–03–30 1.24 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added support for ‘string-name’ in ‘name-alternatives’ for contributors
2020–03–05 1.23 Articles, Books Added support for external database links
2020–03–04 1.23 Articles, Books Updated Glencoe url example
2020–02–24 1.23 Books Added support for ‘inline-graphic’ in ‘xref’
2020–01–22 1.23 Books Clarified table of contents language
2020–01–22 1.23 Articles, Proceedings, Books Updated language around us-gov and crown-copyright licenses
2020–01–22 1.23 Articles Added support for multiple CRediT roles
2020–01–22 1.23 Articles, Books Added support for JWPlayer video tagging
2020–01–21 1.23 Articles, Books Added support for multiple-language self-uri PDFs
2020–01–17 1.23 Articles, Books Added support for Glencoe video tagging
2020–01–16 1.23 Articles Added support for ‘series-title’
2019–12–17 1.23 Articles, Proceedings, Books Added Sample XML Files section to narratives
2019–12–06 1.22 Articles Clarified language in narrative regarding ‘funding-source’
2019–12–04 1.22 Articles, Books Updated narrative for taxonomy tagging
2019–11–19 1.22 Articles, Books Updated narrative for conflict of interest tagging
2019–10–21 1.22 Books Clarified language in narrative regarding modeling of chapter-to-chapter links
2019–10–11 1.22 Books Added support for ‘subtitle’ in ‘sec’
2019–10–10 1.22 Books Added support for ‘inline-graphic’ as a child of ‘uri’
2019–09–30 1.22 Articles Removed mention in narrative of epreprint pub-dates; added cover and collection pub-dates
2019–09–27 1.22 Books Added support for ‘inline-formula’ as a child of ‘xref’
2019–09–26 1.22 Books Added support for ‘fn-group’ in ‘glossary’
2019–09–24 1.22 Articles, Books Added support for dataset citations
2019–09–18 1.22 Articles, Books Removed section regarding Silverchair-hosted media
2019–08–27 1.21 Articles Added support for ‘journal-id’ in issue-meta file
2019–08–21 1.21 Articles, Books Clarified feature language and examples in specification narratives
2019–08–16 1.21 Articles, Books Clarified language in narrative regarding supported reference types
2019–08–14 1.21 Articles Corrected typo in narrative (changed ‘article metadata’ to ‘article-meta’)
2019–08–07 1.21 Articles Added support for tagging institutions in ‘funding-source’, deprecated use of ‘named-content’
2019–08–06 1.21 Books Added support for ‘subtitle’ in ‘app’
2019–08–05 1.21 Articles Added support for Peer Review materials as ‘supplementary-material’
2019–07–30 1.21 Articles, Books Added support for Access License and Indicators (ali) tagging
2019–07–24 1.21 Articles Added support for CRediT role tagging for authors
2019–06–26 1.20 Articles, Books Updated support for author-notes xrefs
2019–05–31 1.20 Articles Updated description of issue-title functionality.
2019–05–29 1.20 Articles Added support for Crossmark related-article types
2019–05–29 1.20 Articles, Books Added support for inline-formula in related-object
2019–05–23 1.20 Articles, Books Added support for equal contributors
2019–05–21 1.20 Articles, Books Added support for authenticated contrib-id metadata
2019–05–20 1.20 Articles, Books Added support for conflict of interest tagging
2019–05–15 1.20 Books Added support for open access license types/permissions
2019–05–03 1.20 Articles Added support for related-article linking on eISSN
2019–05–02 1.20 Articles Added support for lay person abstracts
2019–05–01 1.20 Articles Added self-uri element to issue-meta.
2019–04–26 1.20 Articles, Books Updated Narratives to include description of XSDs, .zip of Specifications
2019–04–03 1.20 Articles (Proceedings) Added support for conference sponsor on conference volume
2019–03–29 1.18 Articles, Books Bugfix for Label definition validation in Saxon processor
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Updated narrative to restrict for only one collection-meta[@collection-type=“edition-set”].
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Added support for indexed attribute on ‘front-matter-part’ and ‘book-part’.
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Added support for book-level index.
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Added support for BIC/BISAC product codes.
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Added support for ‘inline-graphic’ in ‘related-object’.
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Added examples of related-object tagging options.
2019–02–20 1.19 Books Added attributes to book and chapter level related-object to support external links.
2019–02–20 1.19 Articles, Books Expanded support for ‘related-object’.
2019–02–20 1.19 Articles, Books Added support for new contrib-type values – “chair”, “translator”, or client-configured value.
2019–02–20 1.19 Articles Removed reference to bic/bisac from SCJATS narrative (in the common-meta-categories file)
2018–11–30 1.18 Articles Added support for alt-title for “deck” (tagline)
2018–11–28 1.18 Articles Added support for Open Science Framework badges
2018–11–08 1.18 Articles, Proceedings Updated funding information (‘@award-type=“grant”’ is NOT required).
2018–10–26 1.18 Articles (Proceedings) Added that conference volume is required for proceedings.
2018–10–22 1.18 Articles (Proceedings) Corrected narrative’s description of isbn use in proceedings.
2018–10–12 1.18 Articles, Proceedings Corrected and updated funding information (fixed funder-identifier and added that ‘@award-type=“grant”’ is required).
2018–10–11 1.18 Books Added support of “answer”, “question”, “answer-set”, and “question-set” in ‘specific-use’ on ‘sec’ and removed section on collapsible content.
2018–10–11 1.18 Articles (Proceedings) Updated narrative, based on feedback.
2018–10–03 1.18 Articles (Proceedings) Updated proceedings behavior description in narrative.
2018–09–28 1.18 Books Remove order restriction on label element
2018–09–25 1.18 Articles, Books Updated narrative describing default license values.
2018–08–29 1.18 Articles Added issue-sponsor element to issue-meta and article-meta.
2018–07–19 1.18 Articles Corrected narrative regarding date functionality - removed dynamically generated article date instructions
2018–06–29 1.18 Books Added section on usage of display attributes.
2018–06–29 1.18 Books Added ability to upload content with print-only disp-level on ‘sec’.
2018–06–13 1.18 Articles, Books Added support for ‘content-type=“occupation”’ and ‘content-type=“url”’ in author-comment.
2018–06–12 1.18 Articles Added support for graphical, audio, and video abstract types.
2018–06–11 1.18 Articles Added support for featured audio and featured video in ‘supplementary-material’.
2018–05–08 1.18 Books Added support for ‘sec’ in ‘disp-quote’.
2018–05–04 1.18 Books Added support for Google Scholar preview PDFs for monograph indexing.
2018–05–02 1.18 Articles Added support for ‘issue-title’ in the issue-meta file.
2018–04–26 1.18 Articles Added support for ‘license-type=“publisher-standard”’ for private license data that should be sent to Crossref.
2018–04–19 1.18 Books Added support for ‘target’ in ‘related-object’ and ‘string-name’.
2018–04–16 1.18 Books Added the ability to include text between ‘ref’ elements in ‘ref-list’.
2018–04–13 1.18 Books Added support for ‘element-citation’ and ‘mixed-citation’ in ‘attrib’.
2018–04–11 1.18 Books Expanded support for child elements in ‘abbrev’.
2018–04–03 1.18 Articles, Books Added support for Sketchfab models.
2018–03–28 1.18 Articles, Books Added support for ‘xref’ in ‘element-citation’ and ‘mixed-citation’.
2018–03–26 1.18 Articles, Books Added support for ‘title’ in ‘list-item’.
2018–03–23 1.18 Articles, Books Added support for ‘target’ in ‘element-citation’ and ‘mixed-citation’.
2018–03–22 1.18 Books Added support for collection-type in ‘collection-meta’ to distinguish between series, collection, and edition-set.
2018–03–19 1.18 Books Added ability to include specific book-part-type values on ‘front-matter-part’ and ‘book-part’ in ‘book-back’.
2018–03–16 1.18 Articles, Books Added support for Web of Science ‘pub-id’ (pub-id-type=“wos”) in ‘ref’.
2018–03–13 1.18 Books Added support for specific-use=“answer” on ‘sec’.
2018–02–21 1.18 Books Added support for ‘target’ in ‘title’ and ‘xref’.
2018–02–15 1.18 Books Added support for book-type on book element for Google Scholar indexing.
2018–02–14 1.18 Books Added support for book-parts in book-back.
2018–02–14 1.18 Books Added support for book-level keywords.
2018–02–12 1.13 Books Added support for publisher-loc.
2018–02–06 1.13 Journals Added support for CC BY IGO license type.
2018–02–06 1.13 Books Added support for book-level affiliate logos.
2018–02–05 1.13 Books Added support for restricted images based on electronic rights.
2018–02–01 1.13 Books Added support for chapter-level supplementary-material.
2018–01–31 1.13 Books Added support for book-app-group and book-app.
2018–01–30 1.12 Books Added support for edition sets.
2018–01–24 1.12 Books Added support for version history.
2018–01–04 1.11 Books Added support for publication-format in pub-date.
2017–12–22 1.11 Books Added section “In progress books (advance publication)”
2017–12–21 1.11 Books Added date-type=“reviewed” to pub-history
2017–10–08 1.10 Books Added section “Book metadata replacements.”
2017–07–06 1.10 Articles Added support for pub-date in the issue-meta file
2017–06–23 1.9 Articles Added support for dual issue numbering
2017–06–22 1.9 Books Added support for permissions in book-part-meta
2017–06–05 1.8 Books Added support for MARC records
2017–06–05 1.8 Books Added optional id attribute to permissions (primarily for book-meta permissions).
2017–06–05 1.8 Articles, Books Added support for excluding content from on-site purchase availability
2017–05–30 1.8 Articles Added ability to include issue editors via the issue-meta file.
2017–05–22 1.8 Books Added support for chapter keywords
2017–05–03 1.7 Books Added support for chapter xref within single xml Document
2017–04–19 1.6 Books Added support for subtitle in book-title-group.
2017–04–19 1.6 Books Added support for Book Series
2017–04–19 1.6 Books Added book-volume-number in book-meta
2017–04–05 1.6 Articles Added option to create categories with type toc-heading during import.
2017–04–02 1.6 Articles Added ability to designate JAM and PAP articles in the XML.
2017–04–02 1.5 Books Removed restrictions on pub-history in book-meta and book-part-meta.
2017–04–02 1.5 Articles, Books Added bio to authors.
2017–03–26 1.5 Books Added support for book-level assets (e.g. cover images).
2017–03–26 1.5 Books Added section “Link to PDF of content” to specification.
2017–03–19 1.4 Books Added support for pub-history in book-meta and book-part-meta.
2017–03–15 1.4 Books Added ‘month’ and ‘day’ to book-meta/pub-date and updated publication date instructions.
2017–03–01 1.4 Common Added support for name-alternatives in contrib.
2017–02–24 1.4 Books Added support for subtitle in title-group.
2017–02–15 1.4 Books Removed restriction on links in section titles and headings.
2017–02–14 1.4 Articles Added requirement that toc-content elements in issue-meta must be unique.
2017–02–07 1.4 Articles Updated XMLSpecJournProc narrative clarifying that cover images must meet required extensions (no PDF)
2017–01–22 1.3 Common Expanded Address to include new child elements
2016–12–22 1.2 Articles Added requirement that a package with an issue-meta file must match an existing issue record
2016–10–25 1.1 Books Added book specification (initial release).
2016–10–25 1.1 Articles Removed categories at section level.
2016–10–25 1.1 Articles Removed “continuous” and “theme” from list of issue types.
2016–09–21 1.0 Articles Initial release.