subj-group-type

Type of Subject Group

General subject, discipline, field of study, or information class of a particular <subj-group> element.

Remarks

To name a specific controlled vocabulary, use the attribute @vocab. This @subj-group-type attribute may be used in addition to the @vocab attribute in the case where a vocabulary or one of its sub-vocabularies is also a known field of study, term of art, or the name of a discipline.

Used on Element: <subj-group>

ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersType of subject.
RestrictionThis is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example

Showing use of @vocab (to name a taxonomy) and @subj-group-type (to name a field of study):
...
<subj-group id="SG1.1" originator="ASME" vocab="ASME-Taxonomy"
  xml:lang="en" subj-group-type="Industries"
  vocab-identifier="http:/www.asme.org/ASME-Taxonomy/Industries/">
 <subject id="SG1.1-1"
   vocab-term-identifier="http:/www.asme.org/ASME-Taxonomy/Industries/fossil-power"
  >Fossil Power</subject>
 <subject id="SG1.1-2"
   vocab-term-identifier="http:/www.asme.org/ASME-Taxonomy/Industries/power-plants"
  >Power Plants</subject>
</subj-group>

<subj-group id="SG1.2" originator="ASME" vocab="ASME-Taxonomy"
  xml:lang="en" subj-group-type="Materials-Product-Form"
  vocab-identifier="http:/www.asme.org/ASME-Taxonomy/Materials-Product-Form/">
 <subject id="SG1.2-1"
   vocab-term-identifier="http:/www.asme.org/ASME-Taxonomy/Materials-Product-Form/piping"
  >Piping</subject>
 <subject id="SG1.2-2"
   vocab-term-identifier="http:/www.asme.org/ASME-Taxonomy/Materials-Product-Form/pressure-vessels"
  >Pressure Vessels</subject>
</subj-group>
...

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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