Oxford University Press Text Capture Instructions

Capture the citation date in the xref and capture the author names leading text within the xrefGrp group. Only create one xref in each xrefGrp.

Some in-text citations do not follow the author, date format. Capture the text from these in-text citations entirely in the xref element within the xrefGrp group. The cross-reference text is indicated by surrounding by asterisks. Do not capture the asterisks.

Give the ref value of xref the id attribute value of the target bibItem in the bibliographic list. In some cases, the same reference is cited more than once in an entry. Always use the id of the target bibItem in the same section as the xref for the ref value. If there is no target bibItem in that section, use the target bibItem in the closest following section.

If there are multiple works written by one author and have the same publication year, a lower case letter (Syme 1979a, Syme 1979b) is added to distinguish the works. Capture both the date and letter in the xref element. Note that in the target bibItem, the citation text includes the letter (1979a). However, only use the the 4-digit date in the bibItem element date attribute, for example date=”1979”.

      <p>Many scholars dismiss this concept, arguing with <xrefGrp>Finley <xref ref="obo-9780195390155-0021-bibItem-0001">1966</xref>
             </xrefGrp> that there was no
        meaning ...</p>
    

      <p>Many scholars dismiss this concept, arguing with the<xrefGrp>
                 <xref ref="obo-9780195390155-0021-bibItem-0001">greatest text in the field</xref>
             </xrefGrp>
        that there was no meaning ...</p>
    

      <p>The two articles by Syme (<xrefGrp>Syme <xref ref="obo-9780195390155-0021-bibItem-0011">1979a</xref>
             </xrefGrp>, <xrefGrp>Syme <xref ref="obo-9780195390155-0021-bibItem-0012">1979b</xref>
             </xrefGrp>) are the best place to begin.</p>