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References to a Serial Publication

To comply with the IS0 690 standard, your references to serials (publications issued in successive parts, continued indefinitely) can include various types of information.

Note

For some elements, you will need to add attributes and values. For instructions on adding these to an element, see Add Attributes.

Required elements

You must include the following elements:

  • biblioentry with a role attribute. Set the attribute value to serial. This is a wrapper element. All of the other required elements for this bibliography entry must be children of this biblioentry element.

Optional elements

The following elements are optional:

Reference to a Serial Publication for ISO 690 Bibliography

The following example shows a bibliography entry that references a serial. It references the serial as an entire document and does not reference a particular article inside the serial.

<biblioentry role="serial">
    <abbrev>ISSR</abbrev>
    <title>Interstellar Scientific Review</title><biblioset>
    <edition>5th ed.</edition>
    <publisher>
        <publishername>General Press</publishername>
        <address>
            <city>London</city>
        </address>
    </publisher>
    <pubdate>2022-2023</pubdate>
    <issuenum>no.12</issuenum>
    <biblioid class="issn">0700-0758</biblioid>
</biblioentry>