[jats-list] NISO Announces Publication of Updated Journal Article Tag Suite—Version 1.3

["Nettie Lagace nlagace@xxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Baltimore, MD, July 7, 2021: The National Information Standards Organization
(NISO) today publishes the latest update to the JATS: Journal Article Tag
Suite standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2021), Version 1.3
<http://www.niso.org/standards-committees/jats>. JATS provides a common XML
format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal contentbboth
articles (text and graphics) and non-article material such as letters,
editorials, and book and product reviews. The Tag Suite is the complete set of
elements and attributes described in the standard. Along with these
descriptions, the standard includes three implementations of the suite, called
Tag Sets, which are intended to provide models for archiving, publishing, and
authoring journal article content.

Version 1.3 of the standard incorporates public comments made through October
2020. The main update is the inclusion of metadata to describe the XML
artifact (as opposed to the content of the article). Other changes to the
standard include the addition of models for new information types, questions
and answers (adopted from the Book Interchange Tag SetbBITS), new ways of
describing awards and grants, and more. All changes are backward compatible
with JATS 1.0.

bIn broad use by publishers and production firms worldwide, JATS has always
been a community-driven standard.The Standing Committee has adopted an
ANSI-approved continuous maintenance process to keep it up-to-date, and we
appreciate the ongoing feedback and suggestions we receive from individuals
and organizations, which help ensure its continuous improvement and practical
value for its users,b said JATS Standing Committee Co-Chair, Jeffrey Beck of
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the National Library
of Medicine.

bWe are also very grateful to the members of the JATS Standing Committee for
their hard work evaluating and incorporating the suggestions and requests
into the latest version of the standard,b added fellow Co-Chair, Tommie
Usdin of Mulberry Technologies. bThe ANSI/NISO formalization process ensures
that the standard will be stable and ready for implementation.b

bThe information community stands to benefit even further from the JATS
standard, thanks to this updated version, made possible by the dedication and
commitment of Jeff, Tommie, and the other members of the Standing
Committee,b said Todd Carpenter, NISObs Executive Director.

The published ANSI/NISO JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite Version 1.3 is freely
available at https://www.niso.org/publications/z3996-2021-jats. Non-normative
and supporting materials, including schemas and Tag Library documents, may be
found at https://jats.nlm.nih.gov.

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