[jats-list] 'Nested' reference lists: advice on best practice

["Tommaso Olivero tommaso.olivero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear List,

I daily use JATS Journal Publishing DTD v1.0 and I sometimes encounter
reference lists which are divided into two or more sections according to
the nature of the resource, e.g.:

*References*
*Printed resources*

   - *(Ref. 1)*
   - *(Ref. 2)*
   - *(Ref. 3)*

*Online resources*

   - *(Ref. 4)*
   - *(Ref. 5)*

I agree that this division is a bit... maybe old-fashioned, but it is still
somehow popular, especially in humanities journals.

My question is: is there a 'best practice' for this sort of situation?
Alternatively, what would be the best way to deal with it? I've been
thinking about creating multiple <ref-list>; the above example would then
be something like:

<ref-list>
  <title>References</title>
    <ref-list>
      <title>Printed resources</title>
        <ref>[...]</ref>
        <ref>[...]</ref>
        <ref>[...]</ref>
    </ref-list>
    <ref-list>
      <title>Online resources</title>
        <ref>[...]</ref>
        <ref>[...]</ref>
    </ref-list>
</ref-list>

This seems fairly logic, but I'm curious to hear more opinions about this
topic. I know there is a <note> tag that cold be used, but only within
<ref> (so
it would be related to a particular reference only); maybe there is another
element that can be used within a <ref-list>, that could be useful for the
above-mentioned purpose?

Thanks a lot for any feedback, and apologies if I made mistakes in this
post (it is my first one!)

All best wishes,

Tommaso Olivero
Publishing Editor
Ubiquity Press Ltd.

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