<etal>

Et Al. (in a citation)

Indicator of the presence of unnamed contributors. Typically indicated in print with the text “et al.” or with an ellipsis.

Remarks

Many XML tag sets model this as an EMPTY element, typically used to generate the text “et al.” from a stylesheet. However, a few tag sets expect content for this element, with such text as “Associates, coworkers, and colleagues”. The NISO STS model allows both forms.

Attributes

id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language of an Element

Model Description

Text, numbers, or special characters, zero or more

This element may be contained in:

<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <person-group>, <related-article>, <related-object>

Example 

...
<ref>
 <label>...</label>
 <mixed-citation publication-type="paper"
  ><person-group
   ><string-name><surname>Kowitz</surname> 
    <given-names>G.T.</given-names></string-name> 
   <etal>et al.</etal></person-group> 
  <article-title>From ERIC source documents to abstracts:  
   A problem in readability</article-title> Presented at the 
  <conf-name>Rocky Mountain Education Research 
   Association</conf-name>, <conf-loc>Tucson, AZ</conf-loc>,
  <conf-date iso-8601-date="1973-11-29">November 29, 1973</conf-date>. 
  <pub-id>ED0086243</pub-id>.</mixed-citation>
</ref>
...

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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