symbol

Symbol

Stores the symbol (for example, an asterisk, numeral, section mark) that was displayed in the original document to identify a specific footnote, if this symbol is to be preserved.

Remarks

In NISO STS, this attribute is used only on footnotes and collaborations. This is expected to be uncommon in standards documents.

Used on Elements: <collab>, <fn>

ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersThe symbol, such as a dagger “†”, used to mark a footnote or inclusion in a collaboration.
RestrictionThis is an optional attribute; there is no default.

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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