<issn>

Mandatory attributes:

  1. @pub-type='ppub' ou @pub-type='epub'

Appears in

Frequency

<journal-meta>

One or more times

<element-citation>

One or more times

ISSN is an ISO 3297:2007 numeric code which uniquely identifies a serial publication. Normally, each type of media used by a journal has its own specific ISSN.

This information can also be found in <back> within <element-citation> in the references, but no attribute is used in this case.

The allowed values for @pub-type are:

Value

Description

ppub

ISSN of the print version

epub

ISSN of the digital version

If available, both ISSN’s should be identified.

Examples:

Example of ISSN in <journal-meta>:

...
<journal-meta>
    ...
    <issn pub-type="epub">1712-2139</issn>
    <issn pub-type="ppub">0316-6368</issn>
    ...
</journal-meta>
...

Example of ISSN in <element-citation>:

...
  <element-citation publication-type="journal">
     ...
    <source>Revue de l'Université de Moncton</source>
    <volume>44</volume>
    <issue>2</issue>
    <year>2013</year>
    <issn>1712-2139</issn>
  </element-citation>
...