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Dissertation Format (XML)

The XML serialization for dissertations and theses — the Dissertation KEV vocabulary rendered as XML.

The Dissertation XML format expresses theses and dissertations as XML. Its identifier and namespace is info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation.

Format identifier

info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation

Element structure

The root element is <dissertation>; its optional children appear in this order:

  1. <authors>: <author> (with <aulast>, <aufirst>, <auinit>, <auinit1>, <auinitm>, <ausuffix>) or <au>
  2. <title>
  3. <co>, <cc>
  4. <inst>, <advisor>
  5. <date> (a year), <tpages>, <isbn>, <degree>

Worked example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ctx:context-object
    xmlns:ctx="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx"
    xmlns:dis="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation"
    version="Z39.88-2004">
  <ctx:referent>
    <ctx:metadata-by-val>
      <ctx:format>info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation</ctx:format>
      <ctx:metadata>
        <dis:dissertation>
          <dis:authors>
            <dis:author><dis:aulast>Doe</dis:aulast><dis:aufirst>Jane</dis:aufirst></dis:author>
          </dis:authors>
          <dis:title>A Study of Example Systems</dis:title>
          <dis:co>United States</dis:co>
          <dis:cc>US</dis:cc>
          <dis:inst>University of Example</dis:inst>
          <dis:advisor>Smith, John</dis:advisor>
          <dis:date>2018</dis:date>
          <dis:degree>PhD</dis:degree>
        </dis:dissertation>
      </ctx:metadata>
    </ctx:metadata-by-val>
  </ctx:referent>
</ctx:context-object>

The names and institution are illustrative.

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