<query> Description .email comment.
Introduced in version 1.6. Changed in version 1.8.
Description
Queries added during production to be resolved before final publication. Queries are typically added by the copyeditor or production editor and directed to the author, and may also be directed to the copyeditor, production editor, or typesetter. Queries should be resolved and removed during the production process. All query elements must be removed before the article is published in final form.
Each query should be given an identifier that is unique within the article.
<query id="q001">Change to "patients and their families" okay?</query>
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:
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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 query                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST query
                directedto               (author | copyeditor | production | typesetter
                                          )  "author" 
               %a-group-CommonRequiredIDAttrs;>
.
Defined in DTD section Inline-level Content : Formatting and Identifying : Format-Oriented
General Attributes (shared with other elements)
Common Required ID Attributes (a-group-CommonRequiredIDAttrs)
Local Attributes (defined for this element alone)
Attribute: directedto (Directed To)
Description
Tag a query as directed specifically to the author, production editor or the typesetter. May be rendered as a prefix to the query text:
<query id="q002" directedto="copyeditor">please check this closely</query>
Copyeditor: please check this closely
Specification
This attribute is required but has a default value of "author". The allowed values are "author", "copyeditor", "production" and "typesetter".
DTD Definition
                directedto               (author | copyeditor | production | typesetter
                                          )  "author" 
.