[jats-list] <bio>: Contained in <contrib> or in <back> - which is better?

Subject: [jats-list] <bio>: Contained in <contrib> or in <back> - which is better?
From: Bendte Fagge <bfagge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:49:07 -0500
Hi,

I am fairly new to this list and also fairly new to full-text XML (many of
our journal titles are moving to full-text XML/HTML display this year).

Our online vendor does not provide great support for display of the <bio>
element. Our vendor suggested that we use the element <author-notes>, but
I feel that the content we want to place in <bio> fits the definition of
the <bio> element better than the <author-notes> element. (We mainly
publish humanities journals that contain author bios.)

So, our vendor suggested that we place the <bio> tag within <back>.
However, it seems like it would be best to keep the <bio> element within
<contrib>, especially for multiple authors.

If we do end up placing <bio> within <back>, I'm wondering if it would be
wise to use the id and rid attributes to connect a <contrib> to a <bio>
since we often have multiple contributors.

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what advice you
might have about making tagging decisions.

Thanks,
Bendte

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