Validation and QA
All files supplied to OUP must be in well-formed XML and parse against the supplied DTD or XML schema without error.
Any files received that do not parse correctly will be rejected and a request issued for correction and resubmission at no additional cost to OUP.
OUP has
an online QA service which can evaluate certain QA Rules
for a particular data
set.
- Go to https://probity.oup.com/qc-qa/index.php
- For journal articles, select the rule set
Journals JATS and SCJATS
from the drop-down menu. - For books and chapters, select the rule set
Books BITS
from the drop-down menu. - Click Go
QA rule numbers are included in the index for these TCIs. The format of these is:
nlm-core-rule-1
Use the index to find the instruction corresponding to a warning generated by the QA service.