NPS eXtyles User Guide
The Front Tab
- Jenny Seifert (Unlicensed)
Following examples show how to use the styles on the Front tab of the style palette, and the BITS XML that is produced for each style.
Foreword and Preface
If a document includes a foreword or preface the following styles should be used.
<foreword>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group><title>Foreword</title></title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>This is some foreword text.</p>
<sec>
<sig-block><sig>Sara T. Author</sig></sig-block>
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</foreword>Note that a signature (foreword author) is not required.
<preface>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group><title>Preface</title></title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>This is some preface text.</p>
</named-book-part-body>
</preface>Acknowledgments
Any front-matter acknowledgments should be styled in the following way.
<ack>
<title>Acknowledgments</title>
<p>As with other projects that are very broad in scope, there are many people who have assisted in the compilation of information and testing of the protocol. Others assisted in providing support to the theme of the project and in sharing their experiences. Their contributions have been very helpful in bringing forth this document.
...</p>
</ack> Abstracts and Executive Summaries
Both Abstracts and Executive Summaries should be styled in the following way.
<abstract>
<title>Executive Summary</title>
<p>Following a review of Vital Signs – indicators of ecosystem health – in the coastal parks of the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN), knowledge of shoreline change was ranked as the top variable for monitoring. Shoreline change is a basic element in the management of any coastal system because it contributes to the understanding of the functioning of the natural resources and to the administration of the cultural resources within the parks.
...</p>
</abstract>Definitions Lists: Abbreviations, Glossaries, etc.
Any section that includes terms and definitions should be styled using the Definitions styles on the palette. This includes list of abbreviations, glossaries, or any other list of acronyms/terms that include a definition or description.
<glossary>
<title>List of Acronyms</title>
<def-list>
<def-item><term>AGL</term><def><p>Above ground level</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>ADS-B</term><def><p>Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>DEM</term><def><p>Digital Elevation Model</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>FAA</term><def><p>Federal Aviation Administration</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>GIS</term><def><p>Geographic information systems</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>MORU</term><def><p>Mount Rushmore National Memorial</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>MSL</term><def><p>Mean sea level</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>NPS</term><def><p>National Park Service</p></def></def-item>
<def-item><term>NPATMA</term><def><p>National Parks Air Tour Management Act</p></def></def-item>
</def-list>
</glossary>Note that the BITS Export will automatically parse the term from the definition. To do this the following strong separators should be used in the Word document to separate the term from the definition: colons (as in this example) or tabs.
If the definition list includes discursive text use the Definitions Body Text style.
<glossary>
<title>Glossary</title>
<p>The following terms are used throughout the document.</p>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term><bold>Condition Assessment</bold></term>
<def><p>A condition assessment reports on the <italic>current condition</italic> of one or more <italic>indicators of condition</italic> for a given resource.
...</p></def>
</def-item>
...
</def-list>
</glossary>Other Front Matter Sections
Any other front-matter section of the document that does not have a specific title paragraph style (e.g., Foreword) should use the Front Matter heading and text styles on the Front tab.
<front-matter-part>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group><title>Project Summary</title></title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>In 2009, the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory funded the NPS South Florida Caribbean Network (SFCN) to evaluate the accuracy of a vegetation map produced by the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Eastern Caribbean Center, Conservation Data Center for Virgin Island National Park (VIIS).
...</p>
</named-book-part-body>
</front-matter-part>Note that in these front matter sections it is important to use the Front Matter Text paragraph style. eXtyles Cleanup will not autostyle front matter text so this style will need to be manually applied.
Within the front matter sections you must also use the Front Matter heading styles for any subheadings that may be present.
Other styles from the Body tab may be used to style any lists or other text elements that may appear in the front matter section.
<p>CARE managers selected 11 focal study resources for their NRCA. To help us understand what is causing change in resource conditions, we selected a subset of drivers and stressors known or suspected of influencing the park’s focal resources. Here are some highlights.</p>
<sec>
<title>What is causing change in resource conditions?</title>
<list id="L1" list-type="bullet">
<list-item><label>•</label><p>It’s expected that day and nighttime visibility (air quality) will improve because the largest coal-fired power plant in the Western U.S., south of the park, was decommissioned in 2019.</p></list-item>
</list>
<p>The report that follows details the methods used by SFCN to 1)...</p>