Boook metadata is specified in the <book-meta>-element. The following table gives an overview of the elements that are used to specify this information in XML. Next examples are given. See the BITS 2.0 tag library for a full description of elements and attributes. 


elementattribute(s)requireddescription
  • <book-meta>

YES
    • <book-id>
book-id-typeYES@book-id-type="doi". Value of the DOI is specified by the Brill Production Editor. In general, the EISBN is used  in combination with the imprint identifier.
    • <book-title-group>

YESNote that only one <subtitle>-element is allowed (due to CrossRef limitations to register the DOI). See Multiple subtitle lines for how to handle in case of more subtitles.
      • <book-title>

YES
      • <subtitle>

NO
      • <trans-title-group>
xml:langNOIn case of a translated title, a <trans-title-goup> is added for each translation of the main title and - if applicable - subtitle within the <book-title-group> element. The @xml:lang must be added to specify the language of the translation. Supported values are ISO 639-2 (B). See the example below.
        • <trans-title>


        • <trans-subtitle>


      • <alt-title> 
alt-title-typeNOAn alternative or different version of the title of the book used for sorting. @alt-title-type="sort-title". See the example below.









<book-meta>
	<book-id book-id-type="doi">10.1163/9789004387058</book-id>
	<book-title-group>
		<book-title>The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250–1517)</book-title>
		<subtitle>Scribes, Libraries and Market</subtitle>
	</book-title-group>
	<contrib-group>
		<contrib contrib-type="author">
			<name name-style="western">
				<surname>Behrens-Abouseif</surname>
				<given-names>Doris</given-names>
			</name>
		</contrib>
	</contrib-group>
	<pub-date publication-format="online">
		<day>27</day>
		<month>9</month>
		<year>2018</year>
	</pub-date>
	<isbn publication-format="print">9789004387003</isbn>
	<isbn publication-format="online">9789004387058</isbn>
	<publisher>
		<publisher-name>Brill</publisher-name>
		<publisher-loc>Leiden | Boston</publisher-loc>
	</publisher>
	<permissions>
		<copyright-statement>Copyright 2019 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.</copyright-statement>
		<copyright-year>2019</copyright-year>
		<copyright-holder>Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands</copyright-holder>
		<license license-type="ccc">
			<license-p>This work is published by Koninklijke Brill NV. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense and Hotei Publishing. Koninklijke Brill NV reserves the right to protect the publication against unauthorized use and to authorize dissemination by means of offprints, legitimate photocopies, microform editions, reprints, translations, and secondary information sources, such as abstracting and indexing services including databases. Requests for commercial re-use, use of parts of the publication, and/or translations must be addressed to Koninklijke Brill NV.</license-p>
		</license>
	</permissions>
	<self-uri content-type="PDF" xlink:href="9789004387058_webready_content_text.pdf"/>
	<counts>
		<book-page-count count="190"/>
	</counts>
	<custom-meta-group>
		<custom-meta>
			<meta-name>version</meta-name>
			<meta-value>fulltext</meta-value>
		</custom-meta>
	</custom-meta-group>
</book-meta>


<book-title-group>
	<book-title>Is this real? Phenomenology of the Imaginary.</book-title>
	<trans-title-group xml:lang="nl">
		<trans-title>Bestaat dit echt?</trans-title>
	</trans-title-group>
	<trans-title-group xml:lang="fr">
		<trans-title>Est-ce réel? Phénoménologies de l’imaginaire</trans-title>
	</trans-title-group>
</book-title-group>


<book-title-group>
	<book-title>The Ancient World and Beyond</book-title>
	<alt-title alt-title-type="sort-title">Ancient World and Beyond, The</alt-title>
</book-title-group>