Elsevier XML DTDs and transport schemas – Archive
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.0
The JA DTD 5 is the current DTD used for capturing scientific articles.
Release note of the journal article DTD 5.0(opens in new tab/window) | version 3.1, finished | 13 March 2003 |
version 1.1.3, final | 7 December 2004 | |
version 1.0, final | March 2005 | |
version 1.5 | 7 February 2007 | |
version 1.1, final, incorporating errata and addenda and the new Book DTD 5.2.0 | February 2007 | |
Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 7 December 2004 | |
version 5.0.1, final version | 12 March 2003 | |
version 1.1.0 patch level 1, version final for the JA DTD | 5 September 2003 | |
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) |
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.0.2
The JA DTD 5.0.2 is a small update of the JA DTD.
Release note of the journal article DTD 5.0.2(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.2 | 2 April 2007 |
JA DTD 5.0.2 and CEP 1.1.0.1 complete(opens in new tab/window) | Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS, patch level 1 | 2 April 2007 |
version 5.0.2, final version | 31 January 2007 | |
version 1.1.0.1, final version for the JA DTD, patch level 1 | 2 April 2007 | |
version 1.1pl1. Updated with respect to JA DTD 5.0.2 and Elsevier Book DTD 5.2.1 | April 2007 |
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.1.0
The JA DTD 5.1.0 is an update of the JA DTD.
Release note of the journal article DTD 5.1.0(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.2 | 18 February 2009 |
version 5.1.0, final version | 28 August 2008 | |
version 1.1.5, final version for the JA DTD | 12 September 2008 | |
JA DTD 5.1.0 and CEP 1.1.5 complete(opens in new tab/window) | Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 12 September 2008 |
version 1.2.1. Updated with respect to JA DTD 5.1.0 | 25 September 2008 | |
version 1.3.0. Updated with respect to Book DTD 5.3.0 and CEP 1.1.6 | 21 April 2009 |
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.2.0
The JA DTD 5.2.0 is an update of the JA DTD.
Journal article DTD 5.2.0 Presentation(opens in new tab/window) | 31 May 2012 | |
version 5.2.0p1, final version | 17 April 2012 | |
version 1.2.0, final version for the JA DTD | 12 April 2012 | |
JA DTD 5.2.0 and CEP 1.2.0 complete(opens in new tab/window) | Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 19 June 2012 |
version 1.9.4 | 23 September 2013 |
JA 5.2.0 and SI 5.2.0 sample files: available on request (290 MB)
Fifteen Contrast-out datasets with JA 5.2.0 and SI 5.2.0 samples (in the ENDEND journal)
Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.4.0
The JA DTD 5.4.0 is an update of the JA DTD. To align the version numbers of the JA DTD, the Book DTD and the CEP, versions 5.3.0 of the JA DTD and 1.3.0 of the CEP were not created.
Release note for Journal Article DTD 5.4.0 and Serial Issue DTD 5.4.0(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.1 | 18 December 2014 |
version 5.4.0, finalised version | 15 January 2015 | |
version 1.4.0, finalised version for the JA DTD | 15 January 2015 | |
JA DTD 5.4.0 and CEP 1.4.0 complete(opens in new tab/window) | Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 16 March 2015 |
version 1.9.5.9 | 13 October 2016 |
Zip file, 25MB, includes readme.txt | |
Zip file, 39MB. This (handcrafted) output dataset contains all the above journal samples, placed in an issue of the ENDEND journal (our journal for end-to-end testing). It uses a draft version of the new Contrast 2015.1 schema. |
Serial Issue (SI) DTD
A journal issue (or book series volume) is defined by its "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.
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.1
version 5.1.0, final | 2 March 2004 | |
version 1.1.3, final | 2 March 2004 | |
version 1.0 | March 2005 |
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.2
The SI DTD 5.2.0 is an update of the SI DTD.
version 5.2.0, final version | 8 March 2012 | |
version 1.2.0, final version for the SI DTD | 12 April 2012 | |
version 1.9.0. Updated with respect to SI DTD 5.2.0 | 30 May 2012 |
JA 5.2.0 and SI 5.2.0 sample files: available on request (290 MB)
Fifteen Contrast-out datasets with JA 5.2.0 and SI 5.2.0 samples (in the ENDEND journal).
Serial Issue (SI) DTD 5.4
The SI DTD 5.4.0 is an update of the SI DTD. To align the version numbers of the JA DTD, the Book DTD and the CEP, versions 5.3.0 of the SI DTD and 1.3.0 of the CEP were not created.
Release note for Journal Article DTD 5.4.0 and Serial Issue DTD 5.4.0(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.1 | 18 December 2014 |
version 5.4.0, finalised version | 15 January 2015 | |
version 1.4.0, finalised version for the SI DTD | 15 January 2015 | |
SI DTD 5.4.0 and CEP 1.4.0 complete(opens in new tab/window) | Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 15 January 2015 |
version 1.9.5.9 | 13 October 2016 |
Zip file, 25MB, includes readme.txt | |
Zip file, 39MB. This output dataset contains an issue with articles that have an article-number. The issue contains no page numbers and was placed in the ENDEND journal (our journal for end-to-end testing). The dataset uses a draft version of the Contrast 2015.1 schema. |
Health Science Book (EHS-Book) DTD 5.1.0
version 5.1.0, final | 17 November 2003 | |
version 1.1.2 | 17 November 2003 | |
version 5.1.1, final | 27 February 2004 | |
version 1.1.3 | 2 March 2004 | |
version 1.0 | March 2005 |
Book (BK) DTD 5.2.1
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.
version 5.2.1, final | 7 February 2007 | |
version 1.1.3, final | 2 March 2004 | |
Tag by Tag for Elsevier Book DTD 5.2(opens in new tab/window) | version bk:1.1 | February 2007 |
Book (BK) DTD 5.3.0
The Elsevier Book DTD 5.3 is an update to the Book DTD. With this updated version Major Reference Works can be captured.
Release note of the Elsevier Book DTD 5.3.0(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.0 | 9 October 2009 |
version 5.3.1, final | 9 November 2012 | |
CEP 1.1.6 used in Book DTD 5.3.0 and 5.3.1(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.1.6p1, final | 4 December 2009 |
Tag by Tag for Elsevier Book DTD 5.3(opens in new tab/window) | version bk:1.4 | April 2009 |
Book (BK) DTD 5.4.0
The Elsevier Book DTD 5.4 is an update to the Book DTD. To align the version numbers of the JA DTD, the Book DTD and the CEP, version 1.3.0 of the CEP was not created.
version 1.0 | 3 October 2014 | |
version 5.4.0p1, finalised version | 16 March 2015 | |
version 1.4.0, finalised version | 15 January 2015 | |
Book DTD 5.4.0 and CEP 1.4.0 complete(opens in new tab/window) | Zip file containing the complete final version including the right versions of MathML and CALS | 16 March 2015 |
Tag by Tag for Elsevier Book DTD 5.4(opens in new tab/window) | version 1.9.5.9 | 13 October 2016 |
Zip file, 25MB, includes readme.txt |
FLA DTD 4.5.2
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.
version 4.5.2, final | ||
version 1.0r3, final | 5 December 2003 |
Abstracting and Indexing (AnI) Schema 5.13
The AnI schema was developed to allow distribution of the bibliographic databases owned by Elsevier in a standard format.
v5.13.2p1, finalised | |
v5.13.2p1, finalised |
Below are additional schemas used to transport data from and to OpsbankII, the system that contains the bibliographic databases owned by Elsevier.
v5.13.2p1, finalised | |
v5.13.2p1, finalised | |
v5.13.3, finalised |
Elsevier uses Unicode as the character set for XML. The encoding used in the XML files is UTF-8. Please note that the restrictions of the currently used character set will be lifted. Special characters will appear as intended, for instance ß, õ, μ, ±, ¾, ÄÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ, etc.
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