eXtyles will automatically parse keywords, abbreviations, and glossary paragraphs to XML keyword groups or definition lists, according to certain standard editorial styles. In particular, they must be segmented consistently into their various elements.

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Keywords

Unless otherwise specified in your export filter, the strongest symbols to separate keywords are:

• semicolons,

• em dashes,

• and bullets.

These characters are highly unlikely to occur within the text of a single keyword. If eXtyles finds one of these characters within the keywords paragraph, it will use that character to separate the paragraph into individual keywords.

If eXtyles fails to find either semicolons or bullets in the keyword paragraph, it will try weaker characters in an attempt to parse the list:

• tabs

• em spaces

• commas (followed by a space)

• slashes with spaces on either side

eXtyles will also automatically parse specialized keyword vocabularies such as PACS, OCIS, or JEL codes.

Translated Keywords

The following example demonstrates the use of the Keywords (Translated) paragraph style:

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which yields this XML:

Abbreviations

For the purposes of eXtyles, an "Abbreviations" paragraph is a list of two or more term–definition pairs in a single paragraph.

For parsing of abbreviations, eXtyles uses strong and weak characters in turn to attempt to separate the paragraph into its elements. The strong characters are:

• tabs,

• (semi)colons,

• and em dashes.

Weak characters are en dashes and commas.

Consistent use of strong separator characters is crucial to obtaining accurate XML.

The characters that are used to separate the abbreviation and definition and the abbreviation–definition pairs generally cannot be used within an abbreviation or definition.

Translated Abbreviations

The following example demonstrates the use of the Abbreviations (Translated) paragraph style:

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which yields this XML:

Glossary

For the purposes of eXtyles, a “Glossary” is a multi-paragraph list with one term–definition pair per paragraph.

This definition allows rather more flexibility in style. As with abbreviations, consistent use of a strong separator character is crucial to obtaining accurate XML.

The glossary section must always appear in the <back> section of your XML.

The following paragraphs would parse to give correct XML:

1) Term in bold

ExPEC Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

SSTI Skin and soft-tissue infection

UTI Urinary tract infection

2) Tab separating term and definition

ExPEC   Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

SSTI      Skin and soft-tissue infection

UTI        Urinary tract infection

3) Colon, equal sign, or other "strong" separator separating term and definition

ExPEC: Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

SSTI: Skin and soft-tissue infection

UTI: Urinary tract infection

Here is what Options 2 and 3 look like in a Word document:

These various styles each yield the following XML:

Definition List

Similar to a Glossary, a "Definition List" is a multi-paragraph list with one term–definition pair per paragraph.

As with abbreviations and glossary entries, consistent use of a strong separator character is crucial to obtaining accurate XML.

The following example demonstrates the use of the Definition List paragraph style:

which yields this XML: