ZedAI Periodicals Profile
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Concepts Included
| Concept: | Description: | Article-specific or global? | Suggested mark-up: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontmatter | global | <frontmatter> | Same element as in SimpleBook profile, but content model will likely be different in periodicals. | |
| Heading | both | <section><h> | This includes any sub-headings, and also the periodical-specific concept of a Headline.
Up to 10 levels of heading are allowed. | |
| Dateline | Article-specific | <d:dateline> | ||
| Byline | Author's/Contributor's name/s | Article-specific | <d:byline> | Byline content can also include a location |
| Article | Article-specific | <section role="d:article"> | ||
| Paragraph | Article-specific |
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| Sidebar | Additional text (often short) that is complementary to the main article text. Sidebars are presented within a box and/or outside the area of the main article text.
Some sidebars may contain information that is integral to the meaning/application of the main article text, and are therefore required rather than complementary. | Article-specific | <box role="d:complementary">
or <box role="wai:complementary"> and <box role="d:required"> or other such generic element, specialised through the role attribute module | This concept will also be required in the AdvancedBook profile, so mark-up options should be explored in both contexts. |
| Table of Contents | global | Could use the same TOC construct from either the SimpleBook or AdvancedBook profile. Whether or not a complex TOC construct is required for Periodicals is yet to be determined.
In Periodicals, a TOC may sometimes be referred to as an "Index", but functions as a TOC for all intents and purposes. | ||
| Page number | global | <pagenum> | ||
| Continuation indicator | Used when an article begins on one page but continues/ends on another. Frequently seen on front pages of newspapers.
Commonly presented in periodicals as "Continued on page 4" and "From page 1" | Article-specific | <d:continued>4</d:continued>
or perhaps through usage of the XLink specification | |
| Article page number | Required to enable the use of continuations described in previous point | Article-specific | ||
| Running header | Section name appearing at the top of each page, acting as a reference point to orient the user within the periodical as they turn pages. Also used in Braille. | Global | <d:runHead> | This concept will also be needed in the Simple and Advanced Book profiles. |
| News highlight | Similar to a sidebar or margin note - boxed and/or highlighted text that stands out from the surrounding article or articles. Draws the eye to an article by highlighting a pertinent quote, summary or question about the topic, and contains a reference to another relevant article or page. | global | <d:newsHighlight> | |
| Contact info | A section in the periodical that contains a range of contact details for readers, eg. subscriptions, letters, classifieds, complaints, etc. | global | <d:contactInfo>
or <section role="d:contactInfo"> | |
| Advertisment | global | <d:advertisement>
or <section role="d:advertisement"> | ||
| Issue/edition and volume/series identifier | eg. Issue 4, Volume 12.
or Edition 54,978 | global | can this be addressed in the Metadata work? | |
| Image | <img> | |||
| Corrections | Apologies, retractions, etc. from previous editions | global | <d:corrections> | |
| Authors/Editors information | Lists names and positions of staff editors/authors, and their particular sections | global | ||
| Quote | Short quote reproduced and highlighted within the text, similar to a sidebar or a news highlight. Draws the eye to a particular article. | Article specific | ||
| Table | Article-specific | <table> | ||
| Caption | global | <caption> | This xhtml 2.0 element can only occur inside <table> or <object> elements, which may not suffice for our purposes. | |
| Special sections in periodicals | Sections that are commonly seen in a range of periodicals, such as:
... etc. | global | <section role="d:feature|tvGuide|..."> etc | |
| Section Head | Contains metadata related to a single article/section. | Article-specific | <d:sectionHead> | Apart from dc metadata the section head will contain metadata
describing the placement of an article within the periodical and possible metadata originating from publishers document handling system |
Concepts Excluded or Postponed
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