Taylor & Francis Journal Article DTD User Guide

DTD User Guide (1.10.1) for DTD "Taylor & Francis Journal Article DTD" version 1.10

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<xref> (Cross Reference) Description .email comment.

Description

This element contains linking text to a text object in the article. This could be a paragraph or title. One popular use of this element is to refer to a numbered sections:

See section 3.2 for more details.

See section <xref linkend="S3002">3.2</xref> for more details.
...
<section2 id="S3002">...</section2>

or:

See Explanation for more details.

See <b><i><xref linkend="S3002">Explanation</xref></i></b> for more details.
...
<section2 id="S3002">
  <title>Explanation</title>
  ...
</section2>

Note that there are more specific elements for some text-based objects, including links to:


-	lists


-	list items


-	tables


-	enunciations


-	end notes


-	footnotes


-	citation

There are also specialised links to non-text objects that this element must not be used for, including:


-	figure


-	math equation


-	chemical equation


-	chemical formula


-	chemical structure

Finally, there is a separate element for linking to external sources (see <textref>).

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.

Parent elements:

- (via "Links from Text" group: <addinfo> <caption> <endnotes> <endnote> <refrange>

- - (via "Document Title Content" group: <supertitle> <title> <subtitle> <shorttitle> <abbrevtitle> <doititle> <shortsectionhead> )

- - (via "Title Content" group: <journaltitle> <journalsubtitle> <chaptitle> <pubname> <presentationtitle> <collectworktitle> <docpubtitle> <patenttitle> <articletitle> <listtitle> )

- - (via "Paragraph Content" group: <authornote> <para> <poemline> <computertext> <source> <entry> ) )

- (via "Name Mixture" group: <surname> <givenname> <inits> <middlename> <prefix> <suffix> <honorific> <degree> )

Model Diagram

The DTD model for this element:

--+(choice of TEXT with elements repeated) 
  |  
  |--+(repeatable choice) [Reference Content]
  |  |  
  |  |--+(choice) [Formatting in Text]
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- sub  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- sup  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- b  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- i  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- smallcaps  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- u  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- box  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- roman  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- script  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- tt  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- strikethrough  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- overline  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- newpage  
  |  |  |  
  |  |  |-- query  -- TEXT

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 xref                           (#PCDATA | %ReferenceContent;)*>
<!ATTLIST xref
                linkend                  IDREF  #REQUIRED 
               %a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>

Defined in DTD section Inline-level Content : Linking

General Attributes (shared with other elements)

Common Optional ID Attributes (a-group-CommonIDAttrs)

Local Attributes (defined for this element alone)

Attribute: linkend

Description

This attribute holds a copy of a unique value in an attribute of another element. This is used to form the link to that element.

Specification

This attribute is required. It holds a reference to a unique identifier code on another element.

DTD Definition

                linkend                  IDREF  #REQUIRED