| DTD 2 | DTD 3 | DTD 4 | Element description |
|---|---|---|---|
| absinfo | absinfo | abstractinfo | bibliographic information given e.g. before or after an abstract |
| - | - | ac | the accented character in an accent construction |
| - | - | accent | a structure denoting a character and and accent mark |
| - | - | accolade | a brace spanning table rows |
| aff | aff | address | an author's or other address |
| loc | loc | address | an author's or other address |
| - | - | alternativemath | alternative version of a mathematical construction |
| - | - | alternativeversion | alternative version of an object |
| - | - | am | the accent mark in an accent construction |
| - | - | answer | the answer in a question and answer section ('questiongroup') |
| - | - | answercode | BPS field |
| e2 | b | b | bold text |
| - | - | binding | BPS field |
| - | - | bindingroup | BPS field |
| rw | bookdtl | bookdetails | book details |
| - | - | bpmsid | BPS field |
| br | br | br | a line break |
| - | - | building | part of address denoting a building |
| - | - | city | part of address denoting a city |
| cdn | cdn | coden | CODEN code |
| - | colspec | colspec | column specification in a table |
| - | comment | comment | a comment inserted in a document for e.g. author or typesetter |
| - | commentg | commentgroup | group which contains comments |
| article | doc | content | a journal article |
| jid | jid | contentcode | a code indicating the source of the content |
| artinfo | artinfo | contentinfo | general information about the content |
| jinfo | jinfo | contentinfo | general information about the content |
| - | - | contents | the contents of a book (BPS) or a table of contents in a document e.g. of headings |
| crn | crn | copyright | the copyright holder of content or an object |
| collab | collab | corporatename | a company or group of people |
| cad | cau | correspondent | the adddressee for correspondence about an article or document |
| eqnct | eqnct | count [+ attribute type = "formula"] | the number of equations in a document |
| figct | figct | count [+ attribute type = "figure_total"] | the number of figures in a document |
| ppct | ppct | count [+ attribute type = "page"] | the number of pages in a document |
| refct | refct | count [+ attribute type = "reference_total"] | the number of references in a document |
| tabct | tabct | count [+ attribute type = "table"] | the number of tables in a document |
| wrdct | wrdct | count [+ attribute type = "word"] | the wordcount of a document |
| - | - | countgroup | all count elements in a document |
| - | - | country | part of address denoting country |
| cd | cd | date [+ attribute value] | the date of publication of an article or journal issue |
| - | defn | definition | a definition |
| abbrg | defg | definitiongroup | a list of abbreviations |
| abbr | def | definitionpair | an abbreviation |
| - | dispchg | subsection [+ attribute relativesize = "large" or "small"] | a change in the display of part of a document |
| - | - | division | information denoting which publishing division owns a document |
| artty | artty | type attribute of document | an article type code |
| - | abstract | document [+ attribute type = "secondary_abstract"] | a document which is an abstract |
| - | ancmnt | document [+ attribute type = "notice_announcement"] | a document |
| - | article | document [+ attribute type = "primary_article"] | a document |
| - | bookrev | document [+ attribute type = "secondary_review"] | a book review |
| - | calendar | document [+ attribute type = "listing_events" ] | a calendar of events |
| - | letter | document [+ attribute type = "primary_letter"] | a letter |
| - | reply | document [+ attribute type = "secondary_reply"] | a reply to a letter |
| - | artgrp | documentgroup | a group of documents |
| - | supaid | documentid [+ type = "typesetter"] | a supplier's ID number for a document |
| - | medline | documentid [+ attribute type = "pubmed"] for the PubMed ID number of the current article in PubMed or externallink [+ attribute type = "pubmed"] for the ID number of a reference in PubMed | a PubMed/Medline ID number |
| aid | idgroup | an ID for a document | |
| - | docid | documentid | an ID for a document |
| - | doi | documentid [+ type = "doi"] | a Digital Object Identifier |
| aid | pubaid | documentid [+ type = "bsl"] | publisher's id number for article |
| - | documentinfo | documentinfo | general information about a document |
| - | edn | edition | the edition of either the content, a reference or book details (BPS) |
| - | eisbn | eisbn | an electronic ISBN number |
| - | eissn | eissn | an electronic ISSN number |
| - | entry | entry | an entry in a table row |
| - | etal | etal | text denoting 'et al.' or similar in a reference |
| cng | conf | event | an event e.g. in a list of events |
| - | meet | event | an event e.g. in a list of events |
| - | proc | event | text indicating proceedings in book reference |
| extlink [+ type attribute "email"] | externallink [+ attribute type = "email"] | an email address | |
| genbank | extlink [+ type attribute "genbank"] | externallink [+ attribute type = "genbank"] | a GenBank ID number |
| medline | extlink [+ type attribute "medline"] | externallink [+ attribute type = "pubmed"] | a PubMed/Medline ID number |
| url | extlink [+ type attribute "url"] | externallink [+ attribute type = "url"] | a URL |
| - | - | fax | a fax number |
| - | - | feedback | feedback relating to an answer in an answergroup |
| - | file | file | an electronic file associated with a document (e.g. a graphic file) |
| - | filegrp | filegroup | a group of files |
| - | - | font | a change of font |
| fn | footnote | footnote | a footnote to a document or text |
| fng | fngroup | footnotegroup | a group of footnotes |
| fnms | fnms | forenames | a person's given names in full |
| inits | fnms | forenames | a person's given names as initials |
| formula | formula | formula | a formula |
| - | mfenced | formula See note re MathML | math: expression inside pair of fences |
| - | mfrac | formula See note re MathML | math: fraction |
| - | mmultscr | formula See note re MathML | math: Prescripts and Tensor Indices |
| - | mover | formula See note re MathML | math: overscript |
| - | mprescr | formula See note re MathML | math: separator in prescripts |
| - | mroot | formula See note re MathML | math: radical |
| - | mrow | formula See note re MathML | math: horizontally grouped sub-expressions |
| - | msqrt | formula See note re MathML | math: radical |
| - | msubsup | formula See note re MathML | math: subscript-superscript pair |
| - | mtable | formula See note re MathML | math: table or matrix |
| - | mtd | formula See note re MathML | math: entry in table or matrix |
| - | mtext | formula See note re MathML | math: text |
| - | mtr | formula See note re MathML | math: row in table or matrix |
| - | munder | formula See note re MathML | math: underscript |
| - | mundrovr | formula See note re MathML | math: underscript-overscript pair |
| - | - | genesequence | a string of text denoting a gene sequence |
| header | header | header | the 'header' part of a document which contains general abstractable information about a document |
| head | head | heading | a heading in a document section |
| - | - | highlight | highlighted text |
| - | - | hint | a hint associated with a question |
| hst | hst | history | the history of a document |
| e1 | i | i | italic text |
| - | - | idgroup | a group of ID numbers for a document |
| - | - | imprint | a publisher's imprint |
| - | - | indexentry | an entry in an index |
| - | - | indexgroup | an index or group of indexes |
| - | inpress | inpress | text denoting that a reference was 'in press' at the time of the article's publication |
| - | - | inspectioncopy | denotes whether inspection copies of an item are available (BPS) |
| - | - | institution | part of an address denoting an institution |
| - | isbn | isbn | an ISBN number |
| issn | issn | issn | an ISSN number |
| iid | iid | issue | the issue to which a reference or document belongs |
| kwd | kwd | keyword | a keyword in a keyword group or index entry |
| kwdg | kwdg | keywordgroup | a group of keywords associated with a document or object |
| - | - | layeredtext | text in a legend associated with a particular image part |
| legend | legend | legend | the legend associated with an object or table |
| li | li | li | a list item |
| bbr | linkr | link | a link to a reference |
| figr | linkr | link | a link to a figure |
| fnr | linkr | link | a link to a footnote |
| formref | linkr | link | a link to a formula |
| headr | linkr | link | a link to a heading |
| listr | linkr | link | a link to a list |
| orf | linkr | link | a link to an affiliation |
| tblr | linkr | link | a link to a table |
| list | list | listgroup | a list |
| - | - | marketingblurb | marketing text associated with a book (BPS) |
| - | math | math | mathematical markup |
| - | refmisc | miscellaneoustext | miscellaneous text in a reference |
| au | au | name [+ attribute type = "author"] | an author name |
| aug | aug | namegroup [+ attribute type = "author"] | an author group |
| - | editors | namegroup [+ attribute type = "editors"] | a group of editors |
| - | sponsor | namegroup [+ attribute type = "sponsor"] | the name of article/supplement/issue sponsors |
| - | title | nametitle | a title in a name ('Mrs', 'Sir' etc.) |
| - | - | newspaper | a newspaper title in a reference |
| notes | notes | notegroup | a group of notes |
| - | chptno | number | a chapter number |
| - | num | number | text denoting the number of a reference, formula, figure legend or similar labels |
| oid | num | number | an anchor for author/affiliation links |
| fig | object | object [+ attribute type = "figure"] | a figure |
| tbl | table | object [+ attribute type = "table"] | a table and its associated legend |
| objects | objg | objectgroup | a group of objects |
| fignote | objnote | objectnote | a note associated with an object |
| - | - | office | the office to which a document belongs |
| - | of | openface | denotes text in an openface font |
| e9 | ol | overline | denotes a line over text |
| p | p | p | a paragraph |
| ppf | ppf | page [+ attribute type = "first"] | the first page number of a document |
| ppl | ppf | page [+ attribute type = "last"] | the last page number of a document |
| - | - | pagedetails | pagination details for a document |
| - | - | parameter | a parameter associated with a file |
| - | ped | pedigree | an author's pedigree or lineage (e.g. 'Jr' or 'III') |
| - | price | price | the price of something, usually a book |
| pnm | pnm | publisher | the publisher of a document or referenced item |
| pinfo | pinfo | publisherinfo | information about the publisher of a document |
| degs | degs | qualifications | a person's academic or professional qualifications |
| - | - | question | a question in a question group |
| - | - | questiongroup | a group consisting of questions and answers |
| qt | qt | quotation | a quotation, usually displayed indented from surrounding text |
| - | - | rating | a rating assigned to a document |
| - | - | ratinggroup | a collection of ratings for a document |
| - | - | readergroup | details of the readership at which a document is aimed |
| - | - | readership | details of the readership at which a document is aimed |
| reftxt | - | - | container element for the text of a bibliographic reference |
| - | absref | reference [+ attribute type = "abstract"] | bibliographic reference to an abstract |
| - | bookref | reference [+ attribute type = "book"] | bibliographic reference to a book |
| - | eref | reference [+ attribute type = "ereference"] | bibliographic reference to an electronic document |
| - | jnlref | reference [+ attribute type = "journal"] | bibliographic reference to a journal article |
| - | otherref | reference [+ attribute type = "other"] | an undefined reference item |
| - | thesref | reference [+ attribute type = "thesis"] | bibliographic reference to a thesis |
| bb | bb | reference | a reference cited in an article |
| - | - | related | a file or document related to the current document |
| - | - | relatedgroup | all details of files or documents related to the current document |
| - | - | reviewquotes | quotes from reviews of a book, used for marketing |
| roles | roles | roles | an author's role |
| - | rm | roman | text in a roman font |
| - | - | room | part of an address denoting a room |
| - | row | row | a row in a table |
| rhatl | rhatl | runninghead [+ attribute type = "title"] | running head, short title |
| rhau | rhau | runninghead [+ attribute type = "author"] | running head, authors |
| rheads | rheads | runningheads | all the running heads in a document |
| - | ss | sansserif | text in a sans serif font |
| - | scr | scriptface | text in a script font |
| app | app | section [+ attribute type = "appendix"] | an appendix |
| bm | bm | section [+ attribute type = "backmatter"] | the 'back matter' in a document |
| body | body | section [+ attribute type = "body"] | the body text in a document |
| - | - | shortlegend | a short version of a legend; often displayed in bold |
| - | - | simplemath | math using simple non-MathML markup (subscript and superscript characters) |
| e7 | sl | slanted | text in a slanted font |
| e5 | scaps | smallcapitals | text in small capitals |
| - | - | softbr | a soft line break |
| source | source | source | the source of a quotation |
| - | - | specialfeatures | text describing the special features of a book or other product |
| - | - | state | part of an address denoting a US state |
| - | - | street | part of an address denoting a street |
| inf | sub | sub | subscript text |
| subc | subc | subject | the subject of a book, document or an entry in a subject index |
| subg | subg | subjectgroup | listing of subjects associated with a document or object |
| ack | ack | subsection [+ attribute type = "acknowledgement"] | an author's acknowledgements |
| bibl | bibl | subsection [+ attribute type = "bibliography"] | a bibliography/list of cited literature/further reading |
| - | bmisc | subsection [+ attribute type = "miscellaneous"] | miscellaneous back matter in a document |
| res | res | summary [+ language attribute] | a translated abstract |
| abs | abs | summary | abstract |
| sup | sup | sup | superscript |
| - | supp | supplement | text denoting that a document or reference belongs to a supplement |
| snm | snm | surname | an author's surname |
| - | snmprefx | surnameprefix | the prefix to a surname (e.g. 'von' in 'von Trapp') |
| - | tbl | tbl | the body of a table |
| tbltl | tbltl | tbltl | the title of a table |
| - | tbody | tbody | the body of a table |
| - | - | technicalrequirements | the technical requirements of a product e.g. a CD-Rom |
| - | - | tel | a telephone number |
| - | term | term | part of a definition pair |
| - | tex | tex | math in TeX markup |
| tblnote | tfoot | tfoot | a table footnote |
| tblnote | tfoot | tfoot | a note to a table |
| - | tgroup | tgroup | a table group |
| - | thead | thead | the heading in a table |
| - | thesis | thesis | text in a reference denoting a thesis |
| sbt | sbt | title [+ type attribute] | a subtitle to an article title |
| heading | heading | title [+ attribute type = "surtitle"] | a heading displayed above an article title |
| jabt | jabt | title [+ attribute type = "abbreviated"] | an abbreviated journal title |
| jalt | jalt | title [+ attribute type = "alternative"] | an alternative version of a journal title |
| jtl | pubtl | title [+ attribute type] = "journal"] | a journal title |
| atl | tl | title [+ attribute type = "document"] | the title of a document, article etc. |
| - | tltrans | title [+ attribute type = "translated"] | a translated version of the title of a document, article etc. |
| jsbt | jsbt | title [+attribute type = "subtitle"] | a journal subtitle |
| - | voltl | title + attribute type = "volume"] | a book volume title |
| - | grptl | titlegroup | title information |
| tig | tig | titlegroup | title information |
| - | - | toc | a table of contents |
| - | - | tocentry | an entry in a table of contents |
| categ | categ | tocheading | a category for an article e.g. in a table of contents listing |
| acc | acc | trackingdate [+ attribute type = "accepted"] | the date on which a manuscript was accepted for publication |
| re | re | trackingdate [+ attribute type = "received"] | the date on which a manuscript was received from the author |
| rv | rv | trackingdate [+ attribute type = "revised"] | the date on which a manuscript was revised |
| typenm | typenm | trackingdate [+ attribute by] | company name of the typesetter of a document |
| misc | misc | trackingdate with type attribute | a tracking date other than received, revised or accepted |
| - | trans | translated | text denoting that a reference is to a translated version of an article |
| - | tt | tt | typewriter/monospaced font |
| e4 | u | u | underline |
| e8 | uu | uu | double underline |
| vid | vid | volume | a volume number |
| - | - | wwwexcludeflag | BPS flag to exclude a record from the web listing |
| - | - | wwwlist | a list of records from BPS |
| - | x | x | punctuation or significant white space |
| - | - | zip | part of an address denoting a zip code |
| e3 | <b> within <i> | <b> within <i> | bold italic text |
| dtdver | [doc + attribute dtdver] | - | the DTD version of a document |
| artcon | - | - | a container element within header |
| cgn | - | - | contract/grant number |
| cgs | - | - | contract/grant sponsor |
| ded | - | - | dedication |
| dedg | - | - | dedication group |
| figtl | - | - | a title for a figure |
| formnote | - | - | a note to a formula |
| genhdr | - | - | a container element within header |
| issue | - | - | a container element within header |
| isu | - | title [+ attribute type = "issue_subtitle"] | issue subtitle |
| isueds | - | namegroup [+ attribute type = "issue_editors"] | issue editors |
| iti | - | title [+ attribute type = "issue_title"] | issue title |
| jsid | - | - | journal series identification |
| jsinfo | - | - | journals series information |
| prs | - | - | presented by |
| pubinfo | - | - | publication information |
| publink | - | - | anchor for link created by publisher |
| publinkr | - | - | link to anchor, created by publisher |
| e6 | up | - | upright font |
| - | urlabs | - | url for access to the abstract of an article |
| - | urlfull | - | url for access to the full text of an article |