XML created by the Blackwell electronic editing system can contain queries intended for use during production processes such as typesetting and proofing. This querying methodology could also be used by other systems which create XML to the Blackwell DTD.
Note Both author queries and typesetter requests are intended for viewing and processing only in production environments and should otherwise not be displayed.
During on-screen editing, the production editor may query a section of text. At the point at which the query refers to, a query link (q1) is inserted:
<p><i>Note</i>: the nucleotide sequence of the <i>faeB</i>
gene has been submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank
nucleotide sequence database.<link rid="q1"></link></p>
The text of the query is found in the commentgroup/comment element with the same ID value (q1):
<commentgroup>
<comment id="q1" type="auquery">Au: Please supply
accession number</comment>
...
</commentgroup>
ID values for author queries follow the form "q<digit>"
Requests intended for the typesetter are dealt with in a similar way. A link (qt1) is inserted in the text at the point the request refers to:
<p>...Esterase activity on M<i>p</i>CA was first detected 2 days
after inoculation, increased rapidly over days 2–3, and then increased
more slowly up to day 6 <link rid="qt1"></link>(<link rid="f1">Fig. 1A</link>).</p>
... and the text of the request is found in the commentgroup/comment element with the same ID value (qt1):
<commentgroup>
<comment id="qt1" type="trequest">insert Figure 1 near here</comment>
...
</commentgroup>
ID values for typesetter requests follow the form "qt<digit>"
Further explanation of the use of comments is contained in the commentgroup help page.