Introduction to XML in Journal Publishing

(2-hr introductory seminar)

The publication of journals, society serials, and conference proceedings is changing. Electronic pre-publication release, online peer review, electronic journals, and electronic archiving are becoming common. XML document models are the lynchpin that hold these varied production flows together and make single-source/multi-product journal publishing feasible and cost-effective.

But how does it work? What role does the XML actually play, what do you have to do, and what do you get from it?

Because we recognize that XML production takes a journal publisher outside conventional expertise, this seminar covers key aspects of this topic for journal publishers:

• Uses of XML in journal publishing
• Public and published Document Type Declarations for STM journals
• Where do PubMed Central, CrossRef, and ONIX fit?
• Archiving journal content
• Publishing from XML
• XML from post-production files

Prerequisites: Participants need to be acquainted with journal publishing. No XML syntax knowledge is required.