Elsevier XML DTDs and transport schemas
The Journal Article, Serials Issue, Book and Enhancement Fragment DTDs described here are open access material under the CC BY licenseopens in new tab/window.
Older versions of the Journal Article, Book and Serial Issue DTDs can be found here.
Journal Article (JA) DTD
The JA DTD 5.7.0 (latest), 5.6.0 and 5.50 are updates of the JA DTD
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.7.0
version 5.7.0, finalised version | 29 January 2024 | |
version 1.7.0, finalised version for the JA DTD | 29 January 2024 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 29 January 2024 |
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.6.0
version 5.6.0p1, finalised version | 23 January 2019 | |
version 1.6.0p1, finalised version for the JA DTD | 23 January 2019 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 23 January 2019 | |
version 1.9.7.5 | 8 March 2021 |
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.5.0
version 5.5.0, finalised version | 29 August 2016 | |
version 1.5.0, finalised version for the JA DTD | 29 August 2016 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 18 October 2016 | |
version 1.9.6.3 | 6 September 2018 |
Serial Issue (SI) DTD
The SI DTD 5.7.0 (latest), 5.6.0 and 5.5.0 are updates of the SI DTD.
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.7.0
version 5.7.0, finalised version | 29 January 2024 | |
version 1.7.0, finalised version for the SI DTD | 29 January 2024 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS, | 29 January 2024 |
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.6.0
version 5.6.0p1, finalised version | 23 January 2019 | |
version 1.6.0p1, finalised version for the SI DTD | 23 January 2019 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 23 January 2019 | |
version 1.9.7.5 | 8 March 2021 |
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.5.0
version 5.5.0, finalised version | 29 August 2016 | |
version 1.5.0, finalised version for the SI DTD | 29 August 2016 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS, | 29 August 2016 |
Book (BK) DTD
The Elsevier Book DTD 5.70 (latest), 5.6.0 and 5.5.0 are updates to the Book DTD.
Book (BK) DTD 5.7.0
version 5.7.0 patch 2, finalised version | 19 December 2024 | |
version 5.0.3, finalised version | 19 December 2024 | |
version 1.7.0, finalised version for the Book DTD | 19 December 2024 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 19 December 2024 |
Book (BK) DTD 5.6.0
version 5.6.0p1, finalised version | 23 January 2019 | |
version 1.6.0p1, finalised version for the Book DTD | 23 January 2019 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 23 January 2019 | |
version 1.9.7.5 | 8 March 2021 |
Book (BK) DTD 5.5.0
version 5.5.0, finalised version | 29 August 2016 | |
version 1.5.0, finalised version for the Book DTD | 29 August 2016 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 18 October 2016 | |
version 1.9.6.3 | 6 September 2018 |
PITs
Publication item types (PITs) are the item-level classification system employed by Elsevier for the various types of articles or chapters in a scientific book or journal.
Up until DTD 5.6.0, the list of valid PITs was enumerated in the DTD
Starting DTD 5.7.0, the list of valid PITs is a separate resource.
JA PITs
List of Publication Item Types (PITs) that are applicable for Journal Articles (JA)
Journal Article Publication Item Types (PIT's)opens in new tab/window | aligned with JA DTD 5.7.0 | 7 January 2026 |
BK PITs
List of Publication Item Types (PITs) that are applicable for Books (BK)
Aligned with BK DTD 5.7.0 | 7 January 2026 |
ePub DTD
The Elsevier ePub DTD 5.1.0 (latest) are updates to the ePub DTD
Book ePub v5.1.0, released 23 December 2024 |
Enhancement Fragment (EF) DTD 5.0.0
The Enhancement Fragment DTD is used to structure the content of material that is added to the online versions of journal items or book chapters after they have been published. The first type of enhancement fragments are book updates, formerly known as "darts".
version 5.0.0p1, final |
Abstracting and Indexing (AnI) Schema
The Abstracting and Indexing Schema's are used by Elsevier's online content repositories. The CAR XML that is provided by suppliers to Elsevier are conforming to the AnI input schemas. The CAR XML send out to the Elsevier content repositories are based on the AnI output schemas.
The current version is 5.15.
Abstracting and Indexing (AnI) Schema 5.15
v5.15, final | |
v5.15, final | |
AnI 5.15 output sample files for Scopus, Compendex, Embase and Reaxys. | |
v5.15, final | |
v5.15, final | |
v5.15, final |
Abstracting and Indexing (AnI) Schema 5.14
v5.14.0, final version | |
v5.14.0, final version | |
An AnI 5.14 output sample file with 7 CARs (bibrecords) illustrating new features (updated wrt. the ce:ern element on 30 November 2018); an AnI 5.14 output sample file with 6 EMBASE CARs; and an AnI 5.14 output sample file with 200 generic CARs. | |
v5.14.0, final version | |
v5.14.0, final version | |
v5.14.0, final version | |
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CONTRAST (Content Transport Standard)
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 v2025.1 (current live version)
version 2025.1, released 25 March 2025 |
CONTRAST-IN v2024.2 (previous version)
version 2024.2, released 11 February 2025 |
CONTRAST-OUT v2025.1 (current live version)
Version 2025.1, released 25 March 2025 |
CONTRAST-OUT v2024.2 (previous version)
Version 2024.2 patch 4, released 12 February 2025 |
CONTRAST documentation
Title | Status | Description |
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Current | version 2025.1, released 25 March 2025 | |
Previous | version 2024.2, released 12 February 2025 | |
Previous | version 1.32.0 (28 May 2019), describing PTSIII Order DTD 1.51, and CONTRAST Journal EW Input Version 2019.1, Book EW Input Version 2019.1, Satellite EW Input Version 2019.1, Print Version 1.4, Ready Messages Version 3.0 | |
Previous | version 1.0 (20 August 2007) |
Elsevier stylesheet for journal stylesheets
Elsevier stylesheet to view the XML output of the journal stylesheets |
Contact
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