Re: [jats-list] Quiz/Q&A extension to JATS

[Wei Zhao <w.zhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Debbie,

We are looking at adopting BITS in our ebook platform. Just wonder when 
the new version of BITS will be out?

Thanks,

Wei

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On 9/26/2013 02:46 PM, Debbie Lapeyre wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Kirsten Howard<kirstenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > At last year's JATS-CON I heard a rumor about a proposed extension to JATS for handling quizzes and Q&A with the idea that eventually it would become part of the JATS specification.  Can anyone confirm the existence of a quiz extension and point me to documentation of it?  I think it was something Atypon submitted.
>
> There is not a JATS module for handling questions and answers, but
> there is a BITS (Book Interchange Tag Suite) module that handles these
> in the BITS Tag Set that is under development and not yet
> released.
>
> A given publisher or archive could choose to customize a JATS
> Tag Set with the new question-answer module if they chose.
>
> BITS is due out soon.
>
> --Debbie
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