copyright

Information about the copyright-holder of a document or an object.

The following copyright line for a journal:

copyright line

... would be tagged in XML like this:

<copyright>2001 Blackwell Science Ltd</copyright>

Depending on its context copyright means the following:

elementmeaning
contentinfo/copyrightThe owner of the copyright of the content, for example, the publisher of a journal or book
documentinfo/copyright

The owner of the copyright of the document, for example the author of a journal article or book chapter.
Usually contentinfo/copyright and documentinfo/copyright are the same, but occasionally an author of e.g. a journal article will retain copyright even though the copyright of the journal as a whole rests with a Society or the publisher.

file/copyrightThe copyright holder of an electronic file, for example, a graphic which an author includes in a document by permission.

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Created: Tue Dec 23 14:02:01 2003