SGML & XML Document Type Definitions

Introduction

XML, the eXtensible Markup Language, is the successor of Standard Generalized Markup Language, SGML. The Elsevier DTDs as of version 4.5 are written for XML, and they make use of XML standards such as MathML, XLink and Unicode. A family of DTDs supports a variety of content types: journal articles, books, secondary material, etc. The XML journal article DTD is applied across all Elsevier journals since 2004. Also all original SGML material has been converted to XML.

A generalized markup language means, that presentation-independent structuring ("tagging") of the content can be applied to documents, allowing them to be published on many platforms in different forms (e.g., in the printed journal issue and on ScienceDirect). A DTD (document type definition) describes which tags and character entities may be used in the files and which rules applies to these tags. It is needed to enable validation of the XML files. DTD development in Elsevier began in the late 1980s, producing a sequence of full-length article DTDs, initially in SGML (the latest being version 4.3.1) and subsequently in XML.

Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.1.0 and Common Element Pool (CEP) 1.1.5

• Release note of the journal article DTD 5.1.0
  version 1.2, 18 February 2009
• JA DTD 5.1.0 and CEP 1.1.5 complete
  ZIP file containing the complete final version
• Tag by Tag for DTD 5.1
  version 1.3.0, 21 April 2009
• Sample SDOS dataset (TAR file; 96 Megabytes)
• Sample CITADEL dataset (TAR file; 409 Kilobytes

Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.0.2 and Common Element Pool (CEP) 1.1.01

• Release note of the journal article DTD 5.0.2
  version 1.2, 2 April 2007
• 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, 2 April 2007
• Tag by Tag for DTD 5.0 v1.1pl1
  version 1.1pl1, final, April 2007
  Updated with respect to new JA DT 5.0.2, Elsevier Book DTD versions 5.2.0 and 5.2.1, common element pool versions 1.1.0.1 patch level 1 and 1.1.4.
• Sample SDOS dataset (TAR file; 12 Megabytes)
• Sample CITADEL dataset (TAR file; 70 Kilobytes)

Journal Article (JA) DTD 5.0, Journal Issue (SI) DTD 5.1, Books DTD 5.1, and Common Element Pool (CEP) 1.1

• Release note of the Journal Article DTD 5.0 (PDF file; 201 Kilobytes)
  Version 3.1 - 13 March 2003
• Elsevier Symbol "Grid" in Unicode

(PDF file; 212 Kilobytes) Version 1.1.4 - 15 July 2004

• "Tag by Tag" Documentation for DTD 5.0 (PDF file; 4.1 Megabytes)
  Version 1.0 - March 2005
• Errata and Addenda on the "Tag by Tag" Documentation for DTD 5.0 (PDF file; 84 Kilobytes)
  Version 1.0 - 12 July 2005
• JA DTD 5.0 and CEP 1.1 complete Complete final version including the associated versions of MathML and CALS (ZIP file; 444 Kilobytes) - 15 July 2004

Sample SDOS and CITADEL datasets including JA 5.0 DTD material

• SDOS Dataset 1 with regular articles (ZIP file; 2.2 Megabytes)
  Prepared 26 August 2003
• SDOS Dataset 2 with very complex articles (ZIP file; 110 Megabytes)
  Prepared 9 October 2003
• SDOS Dataset 3 with a mixture of SGML and XML articles (ZIP file; 16 Megabytes)
  Prepared 26 November 2003
• SDOS Dataset 4 also with a mixture of SGML and XML articles (ZIP file; 80 Megabytes)
  Prepared 14 April 2004
• CITADEL Dataset 1 with a mix of XML and old-style SGML articles (ZIP file; 30 Kilobytes)
  Prepared 30 October 2003
• CITADEL Dataset 2 with a mix of XML and old-style SGML articles (ZIP file; 42 Kilobytes)
  Prepared 4 December 2003
• CITADEL Dataset 3 with a mix of XML and old-style SGML articles (ZIP file; 77 Kilobytes)
  Prepared 14 April 2004

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 4.5

DTD 4.5 was created in 2003 for conversion of legacy content structured in the Elsevier SGML DTDs 2.1, 3.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 All articles were converted to XML DTD 4.5.

• FLA DTD 4.5
  version 4.5.2, final
• Tag by Tag for DTD 4.5
  version 1.0r3, final, 5 December 2003
• SDOS Dataset with articles in DTD 4.5 format (ZIP file; 1.5 Megabytes)
  Prepared 9 August 2005

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 4.3

The DTD 4.3 was released in January 2001 and revised in March 2001. It is implemented in Production in June/July 2001.

• Changes with respect to the previous version (updated 28 October 2003)
• Article DTD version 4.3.1
  • DTD
  • SGML declaration (updated 28 October 2003)
  • Example file
• Entities for character set version 4.0.3
• Release note for DTD 4.3 (PDF file; 1,099 Kilobytes)
• Complete release (ZIP file; 1,091 Kilobytes) (updated 28 October 2003)
• "Tag by Tag" Documentation for DTD 4.x (PDF file; 3,033 Kilobytes)

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 4.2

The full-length article DTD 4.2 was released in February 2000. It was implemented in Production in September 2000. It replaced DTD 4.1.

• Changes with respect to the previous version
• Article DTD version 4.2.0
  • DTD
  • SGML declaration
  • Example file
  • Example file
• Entities for character set version 4.0.2
• Release notes for DTD 4.2
• Complete release (ZIP file; 172 Kilobytes)
• "Tag by Tag" Documentation for DTD 4.x (PDF file; 3,033 Kilobytes)

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 4.1

The full-length article DTD 4.1 was released in November 1997. It replaced DTD 3.0.

• Changes with respect to previous release
• Article DTD version 4.1.0
  • DTD
  • SGML declaration
  • Sample files
• Entities for character set version 4.0.1
• Documentation:
  The documentation is no longer available in hardcopy.
  • PDF (414,340 bytes)
  • Errata

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 4.0

In December 1996 three DTDs were released: the full-length article DTD 4.0, the index DTD 1.0 and the glossary DTD 1.0. None of these DTDs were implemented. The FLA DTD 4.0 was superseded by DTD 4.1.

• Article DTD version 4.0.0
  • Changes with respect to previous version
  • DTD
  • SGML declaration
  • Sample SGML file and Catalog file
• Glossary DTD version 1.0.0
  • DTD
  • SGML declaration
  • Sample SGML file and catalog file
• Index DTD version 1.0.0
  • DTD
  • SGML declaration
  • and SGML file and Catalog
• Entities for character set version 4.0.0
• Documentation:
  • PDF (816,482 bytes)
  • PostScript (4,751,038 bytes)
  • Errata

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 3.0

The full-length article DTD 3.0 was released in November 1995.

• Article DTD version 3.0.0
• SGML declaration
• Documentation:
  • PDF (345,001 bytes)
  • PostScript (4,141,962 bytes)

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 2.1

The full-length article DTD 2.1.1 was released in May 1995.

• Article DTD version 2.1.1
• SGML declaration
• Documentation:
  • PDF (313,863 bytes)
  • PostScript (4,242,377 bytes)

Full Length Article (FLA) DTD 1.1

The full-length article DTD 1.1 was released in April 1994.

• Article DTD version 1.1.0
• Character entities belonging to DTD 1.1.0
• Documentation:
  • PDF (213,354 bytes)

Other DTDs

Other/older DTDs than the above-mentioned ones are also in existence.

• CAPCAS DTD (ZIP file; 48,258 bytes)
• PreCAP DTD