## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 0.5: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

# <custom-meta>

# Custom Metadata

Wrapper element for a single piece of metadata not otherwise defined in the Tag Suite.

## Remarks

This element can be used as an escape-hatch to record additional metadata that an organization wishes to preserve (so that the intellectual work to capture that content will not be lost) even though there is no direct expression for the metadata in the Tag Set.

The <custom-meta> element allows for an infinite variety of name/value pairs, with few constraints on the length or content of the value. This element will probably be used for special cases, product-specific material, or other unusual metadata, as well as for the special needs of CEN and national bodies.

## Attributes

##### id Identifier

##### specific-use Specific Use

##### xlink:actuate Actuating the Link

##### xlink:href Href (Linking Mechanism)

##### xlink:role Role of the Link

##### xlink:show Showing the Link

##### xlink:title Title of the Link

##### xlink:type Type of Link

##### xmlns:xlink XLink Namespace Declaration

##### xml:lang Language

## Related Elements

The element <custom-meta-group> is a grouping element that holds one or more <custom-meta> elements. Each <custom-meta> element contains a name/value pair, <meta-name> and <meta-value> respectively, which name and provide a value for a single metadata field.

## Model Description

The following, in order:

- <meta-name> Metadata Data Name for Custom Metadata
- <meta-value> Metadata Data Value for Custom Metadata

### This element may be contained in:

<custom-meta-group>

### Example

    ...
    <custom-meta-group>
    <custom-meta>
    <meta-name>prev-journal-title</meta-name>
    <meta-value>Evolution of Biodiversity</meta-value>
    </custom-meta>
    </custom-meta-group>
    ...

## Module

JATS-common0.ent

## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 0.5: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### Version of September 2011