RE: [jats-list] Tagging article series across issues

["Randall, Laura (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E]" <laura.randall@xxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Nikos and Sasha.

It seems that the Laura of February was far more with-it than the Laura of
July.

Laura

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From: Alexander Schwarzman [aschwarzman@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:58 AM
To: jats-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [jats-list] Tagging article series across issues

Hi, Laura:

I'd like to remind you of your own reply when I had a similar question
back in February:
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Subject: RE: [jats-list] JATS 1.0: Seemingly contradictory usage
recommendations for <series-text> and <series-title>
From: "Randall, Laura (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E]" <laura.randall@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:52:08 +0000

I definitely see the discrepancy, but I don't see them as contradictory.
Sasha, I would expand your emphasis in the Remarks of <series> thus:
<series-text> and <series-title> are used to identify a collection
   of
articles *within an issue or a collection of similar articles
   across
multiple issues*

So we're looking at one that says "within one issue" and one
that says "within an issue or a collection of similar articles across
multiple
issues."  One covers more options than the other, I don't see them as
contradicting each other.

Still, it would be good to have the expanded usage
documented in <article-categories>.
Best,
Laura
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From: Alexander Schwarzman
[aschwarzman@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 10:17 AM
To:
jats-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jats-list] JATS 1.0: Seemingly
contradictory usage recommendations for <series-text> and <series-title>

The
Related Elements section of the <article-categories> entry in
the JATS 1.0 Tag
Library states:

   Grouping Articles in Series: The related elements
<series-title>
   and <series-text> are used for groupings of articles *within
one
   issue of a journal*. For example, in some journals, articles are
grouped into a series such as From the Cover and identified as
   part of a
series. The <series-title> element names the series, and
   the <series-text>
element provides textual descriptions (if any)
   describing the series.
(Emphasis mine -- SS)

However, the Remarks section for the <series> entry
states:

   <series-text> and <series-title> are used to identify a collection
of articles within an issue *or a collection of similar articles
   across
multiple issues*. For example, a single issue of a journal
   may contain
numerous colloquium papers that can be identified as
   part of a series by
including <series-title>Colloquium</series-
   title> in each articles
metadata. An example of a series that
   spans issues is the Inaugural
Article series in PNAS. These
   articles from newly-elected members of the
National Academy of
   Sciences are all part of the same series, but appear in
different
   issues of the journal. (Emphasis mine -- SS)

This seems
contradictory: should the usage of <series-title> and
<series-text> be
restricted to article groupings/collections
within one journal issue only or
can these elements be used for
such grouping spanning multiple journal issues?
Thank you,
Alexander ('Sasha') Schwarzman
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Randall, Laura (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E]
<laura.randall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello, all.
>
> Does anyone know if the JATS has a way to tag series information in an
article's metadata that applies to a series that isn't limited to a single
issue?
>
> I know about <series-title> and <series-text> in <article-categories>, but
the definition of <series-title> clearly states that it only applies to a
series within a single issue of a journal.
>
> http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/tag-library/1.0/?elem=series-title
> "Title of the journal series (bibliographic) or series of articles internal
to one issue of a journal"
>
> We're working with a publisher who identifies "Research Topics" in some of
their articles and then provides a summary and a list of the articles on that
topic. Here's one example:
>
http://www.frontiersin.org/Systems_Biology/researchtopics/From_structural_to_
molecular_s/513
>
> <series-title> was my first thought, but these articles span publication
units (they don't actually have issues at all), so they don't really qualify.
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
> ________________________
> Laura Randall
> lrandall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> NCBI/NLM/NIH