The Elsevier SGML and XML DTDs are in the public domain. Permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies of the DTDs is granted, provided this notice is included in all copies, but changing them is not allowed. All the DTDs make use of a "common element pool".
ES Grid in Unicode
version 1.1.3, final, with corrections, 6 June 2003, and corrections of typos, 17 June 2003
corrected document info 12 August 2003
added a note, 17 February 2004
additions and corrections, 15 July 2004
added LOW ASTERISK, 7 December 2004
Tag by Tag for DTD 5.0
version 1.1, final, incorporating errata and addenda and the new Book DTD 5.2.0, February 2007
JA DTD 5.0 and CEP 1.1 complete
ZIP file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS, 13 March 2003
updated 4 July 2003: Removed draft comments from ESextra.ent
updated 5 September 2003: common110.ent patch level 1
updated 7 December 2004: Inserted the updated version of esgrid.pdf
JA DTD 5.0
version 5.0.1, final version, 12 March 2003
mathml2-mod-ES-strict.dtd
This stricter version of the MathML DTD enables a tighter check of the constraints that are described in the MathML specification as well as constraints valid for Elsevier's files (described in the Tag by Tag)
JA DTD 5.0.2 and CEP 1.1.0.1 complete
ZIP file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS, patch level 1, 02 April 2007
JA DTD 5.0.2
version 5.0.2, final version, 31 January 2007
Tag by Tag for DTD 5 - v1.3
version 1.3.0, 21 April 2009. Updated with respect to Book DTD 5.3.0 and CEP 1.1.6
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.1
A journal issue (or book series volume) is defined by it's "issue hub". The issue hub contains all the properties of the issue, such as title and (guest-)editors, cover image and cover date, and it determines the order and page numbers of the items in the issue.
The Elsevier Book DTD 5.2 allows us to capture books in XML. It provides a number of top-level elements for chapters and other items, and a top-level element for the "book hub". The book hub determines the hierarchy of the chapters and the page numbers of the chapters.
DTD 4.5 was created for conversion of legacy content. Millions of articles structured in the Elsevier SGML DTDs 2.1, 3.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 were converted to XML DTD 4.5.
HTML documentation for the various products. The documentation is created using the LiveDTD system and is based on the AnI DTD 5.11. To view the documentation unzip and open the file index.html in your browser. To view information on an element click on the #.
The Elsevier workflow is fully XML based. External content suppliers receive orders in the form of XML messages, and they deliver the content to Elsevier in a format called CONTRAST (CONtent TRAnsport STandard). The standard provides rules and conventions for dataset deliveries. Each dataset is accompanied by a dataset description file that is structured according to a W3C schema. Since new versions of these schemas are published frequently, they are not posted here; contact us for more information. The latest version of the CONTRAST-in documentation is provided below.
CONTRAST is also used as an output format to deliver content from Elsevier's Electronic Warehouse to online content repositories. New schemas for these deliveries are published frequently. The latest version of the out-schemas for journals and books as well as the CONTRAST-out documentation are provided below.
CONTRAST-in
CONTRAST-in documentation
version 1.15 (31 August 2009), describing PTSIII Order DTD 1.29r1, and CONTRAST Journal EW Input Version 1.15, Book EW Input Version 1.13, Print Version 1.0.1, Ready Messages Version 3.0
CONTRAST-out documentation
version 1.10 (31 August 2009), describing CONTRAST Journal EW Output Version 1.11, Book EW Output Version 1.9, Ready Messages Version 3.0
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