Oxford University Press BITS Typecodes

 

Notes for the earlier releases

Notes for earlier releases of the OUP BITS typecodes.

Change by release (newest at top)

Mantis reference Release Description
156221 20250305.0 New suffix 'answer key' for a section of front or backmatter, or boxed-text content. To be used for answers found elsewhere in the same or a related book. (Answer key).
156211 20250305.0 New content-type of 'marks' to capture the marks for non-interactive activity content. (Marks).
154624 20250305.0 New 'program' character style for semantic rather than soley typographic mark-up of inline computer code content. (Program).
155257 20241204.0 Added new box type 'profile' (Profile).
155014 20241204.0 Updated Section information to include 'social-media-thread' (Section).
155014 20241204.0 New content-type for displayed quote: 'social-media-post' (Social media post). For use within a section with sec-type="social-media-thread".
154476 20240904.0 Renamed Linguistic Example to Linguistic Diagram and added examples and XML mapping to image (Linguistic Diagram). Added new typecode for linguistic tabular examples, maps to multi-column (Tabular Linguistics).
152019 20240306.0 New front matter page type List of Characters
150177 20231206.0 Renamed Caption to Caption Text to avoid clash with native MS Word styles. Caption Text
20230906.0 No updates in this release
147774 20230607.0 Added XPath mapping for parts to Opener.
147094 20230607.0 Added design examples to Reference and Resources.
147094 20230607.0 Clarified appropriate use of Question Section and Answer Section.
146856 20230301.0 Clarified Multi-column usage and removed or replaced examples.
146800 20230301.0 Corrected Mapping of OxEncyclML & OxChapML Typecodes to BITS Typecodes to use Note within tables and figures, and mapped TB to Table Body and TSH to Table Spanner Heading.
20230301.0 Moved Label to be a character style typecode.
145515 20221207.0 New typecode Name Organization.
145273 20221207.0 Updated XML mapping for Appendix to include groups of appendices.
20220907.0 Abstract moved from paragraph-style to contextual-style.
141148 20220601.0 Appendix now covers chapter appendices in addition to book appendices.
130919 20220302.0 Exercise is now a type of box instead of a piece of front or endmatter.
130918 20220302.0 Added new typecode List of Contributors.
138947 20220302.0 Added new typecode Citation Edition to capture edition number for any type of bibliographic citation.
135774 20210901.0 Updated Title Page, Half Title Page, Copyright Page, and Series Info Page with XML mappings and TCI links.
135775 20210901.0 Updated Contents, Contents Front Matter, Contents Part Title, Contents Chapter Title, Contents Chapter H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, Contents Feature Type, Contents Feature Title, Contents Backmatter, and Contents Appendix with XML mappings and examples.
133203 20210602.0 Changed "Exclude from pre-edit" note to say "Exclude from automated pre-edit changes" to clarify that these typecodes are excluded only from the automated cleanup steps, not all pre-edit steps. Used for quoted material etc. that must be reproduced exactly.
20210303.0 Changed Dialogue Speaker to a character-style typecode instead of a paragraph-style typecode.
127423 20210303.0 New typecode Prompt.
127455 20210303.0 New typecode Headnote.
20210303.0 Added designed example to Break.
127422 20210303.0 Clarified difference between FAQ (a displayed kind of feature or box) and Question Section and Answer Section (interactive test content), and added another example to FAQ.
126742 20210303.0 Updated Pull Quote so that it can include quotes outside of the run of text that aren't repeated from the main text.
121104 20200603.0 Added new typecode for Linguistic Diagram.
121171 20200603.0 Added new typecode for Break.
121172 20200603.0 Added new typecode for Expert Comment, FAQ, Perspective, and Warning.
20200603.0 Added new print-only topics for tables of contents (Contents Front Matter, Contents Backmatter, and Contents Appendix). These do not map to any XML.
20200304.0 Examples added to Definition, Examples, and Annotation.
119575 20200304.0 New typecode Alternate Text created.
119558 20200304.0 Chronology is now a suffix typecode, as this structure does not only occur in front or end matter.
118758 20200304.0 Renamed Digital only (formerly called "Ebook and Online Only").
111096 20191204.0 Added Ebook only and Digital only topics for format-specific content.
20191204.0 Added new print-only topics for front matter: Title Page, Half Title Page, Copyright Page, Contents, Brief Contents, Series Info Page, Edition Statement, Volume Statement, Contents Feature Type, Contents Feature Title, Contents Chapter H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and Contributor Suffixes. These do not map to any XML.
115894 20191204.0 Corrected XPath mapping in Opener.
115027 20191204.0 Corrected XPath mapping in Glossary.
20191204.0 Corrected mappings in Mapping of OxEncyclML & OxChapML Typecodes to BITS Typecodes.
20191204.0 Added examples to Quote, Extract, Computer Program, Dialogue, Epigraph, and Verse. Clarified Epigraph Page.
112041 20190904.0 Added Multi-column topic.
112039 20190904.0 Added Annotation and Vignette topic.
112045 20190904.0 Added Emphasized Text topic.
112632 20190904.0 Added example to Bibliography topic.
112043 20190904.0 Added Pull Quote topic.
20190605.0 Clarified use of Part in manuscripts. Normalized examples and Mapping of OxEncyclML & OxChapML Typecodes to BITS Typecodes with new typecode names throughout.
109101 20190605.0 Glossary Term moved to character-level code and distinguished from Running Glossary Term.
20190605.0 Rephrasing and corrected typos throughout.
108377 20190605.0 Running Glossary Term xpath mapping updated to distinguish between terms internal vs. external to the current chunk.
109099 20190605.0 Title-Head, Subtitle-Head, and H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 renamed to avoid clashing with native Word styles.
20190605.0 Added examples to Bibliographic Citation Suffixes, Box, Checklist, Citation Year, Internal Cross Reference, Exercise, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, Hint, Key Points, Objectives, Online Only, Running Glossary Term.
110058 20190605.0 Flagged that Endorsement, Displayed Material (including Computer Program, Dialogue, Epigraph, Extract, Quote, and Verse), Equation, Dialogue Speaker, Dialogue Speech, and URL should be excluded from pre-edit.
110057 20190605.0 Case Study becomes a suffix code. New suffix code Reading and contextual code Section introduced.
109853 20190605.0 Chapter Opener renamed to Opener (so it works at the Part, Chapter, or other book-part level). Chapter Summary renamed to Summary (so it works at the Part, Chapter, or other book-part level). Learning Objectives renamed to Objectives. Prose renamed to Quote. OxML typecode mappings updated accordingly.
108317 20190605.0 Removed incorrect colon from Name Surname typecode. Renamed Figures typecode List of Figures. Added page for Instruction. Alphabetical listing and OxML typecode mappings updated accordingly.
106767 20190401.0 Added BITS typecodes.
Release ID:
20261202
ID:
previous_Typecodes
Author:
diazju
Last changed:
Wed, 10 Dec 2025
Modified by:
bachev
Revision#:
2995