In the context of eXtyles JATS, References are expected to be cited in the text, whereas items in the Bibliography may or may not be cited (e.g., Further Reading). This page describes the styles available for use with bibliographic material.

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Reference Head

The Reference Head style is used for the title of a list of bibliographic items, irrespective of whether they are references (i.e., cited in the text) or a bibliography (not required to be cited in the text).

Reference List Introduction

The Reference List Introduction style can be used with either a reference list or a bibliography, for an introductory paragraph of text that puts the bibliographic items in context.

For paragraphs that refer to individual items in the reference list or bibliography, the Reference Annotation style should be used.

References, Bibliography

The difference between the References and Bibliography styles is that eXtyles Citation Matching will warn if an item styled as References is not cited in the text, but it will not warn if an item styled as Bibliography is not cited. Otherwise, the two styles are treated the same by eXtyles processes, including XML export.

If an item styled as Bibliography is cited in the text, eXtyles JATS will still create an id-rid link between the citation and the cited item.

The character styles used within individual items styled as References and Bibliography may be custom-configured, and the precise editorial style used to display bibliographic items in Word may differ from the examples shown in the JATS XML Export section.

Bibliography Character Styles

The eXtyles JATS Bibliographic References process automatically identifies many elements of bibliographic references by using a range of character styles.

By default, eXtyles JATS will fully style references to journal articles. For other reference types, the number (if used), authors, publication year and URL (if used) will be styled.

References can be styled carefully by hand, if necessary, but this should be avoided where possible. Instead, we recommend that you correct the reference (e.g., by fixing problems with punctuation in the author list) and then reprocess the reference by removing the start and end tags from the appropriate paragraph(s) and rerunning the Bibliographic Processing function.

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Reference Annotation

The Reference Annotation style is used for paragraphs of explanatory text that accompany items in the reference list or bibliography.

By default, the annotation paragraphs must appear after the item to which they refer.

If the Reference Annotation style is used, not all items in the reference list or bibliography must be annotated.

Citation Character Styles

The various citation styles are used by eXtyles JATS to create links in the XML between cited items, such as boxes, figures, tables, and bibliographic references, and citations of these items elsewhere in the document.

These character styles are added automatically to the Word document by the eXtyles JATS Citation Matching process. However, they can also be applied carefully by hand if eXtyles NLM fails to identify a citation correctly or if a citation needs to be added to the text.

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