<issn> (
International Standard Series Number)
Description
Description
This element holds the ISSN (International Standard Series Number) code that uniquely identifies the journal (they are also issued to magazines, yearbooks and monographs) in which this article was originally published. There must be at least one, but there may be more to cover different publishing media:
<issn type="print">0735-7907</issn>
<issn type="electronic">1532-4192</issn>
Parent Elements
The elements listed below may directly contain this element.
They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.
Model Diagram
The DTD model for this element:
(only text allowed)
DTD Definition
The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions
(note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):
<!ELEMENT issn (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST issn
type (print | electronic | combo) #REQUIRED
%a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>
.
Defined in DTD section
Metadata : Journal Metadata
General Attributes (shared with other elements)
Local Attributes (defined for this element alone)
Description
This required attribute identifies the ISSN number in the element content as either a "print" ISSN or an "electronic" ISSN, or a "combination" (print and electronic) ISSN. Note that there can be more than one element present, and typically there will be two present with different settings (for print and electronic).
Specification
This attribute is required. The allowed values are "print", "electronic" and "combo".
DTD Definition
type (print | electronic | combo) #REQUIRED
.