XML Schema defining the XML Metadata Format to represent Dissertations. This XML Schema is available at http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation XML Metadata Format for Dissertations NISO Committee AX, OpenURL Standard Committee This XML Schema defines an XML Metadata Format to express properties of Dissertations http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:dissertation 2004-01-01 The root element "dissertation" contains child elements that are used to express properties of Dissertations The "authors" element contains child elements that are used to express authorship of a Dissertation. The "authors" element is not repeatable, it contains all authors, and allows for the indication of the position of the author in the publication's list of authors The title of the Dissertation Country of publication, e.g. "United States" Country of publication code in ISO 2-character format (ISO 3166-1-Alpha-2 code elements), e.g. "US" Institution that issued the disseration, e.g. "University of California, Berkeley" Dissertation advisor, e.g. "Prof. John H. James". Date of publication in ISO8601 form YYYY. Dissertation dates are assumed to be a single year Total pages. Total pages is the largest recorded number of pages, if this can be determined. E.g., "ix, 392 p." would be recorded as "392" in tpages. This data element is usually available only for monographs (books and printed reports). In some cases, tpages may not be numeric, e.g. "F36" International Standard Book Number (ISBN). The ISBN is usually presented as 9 digits plus a final check digit (which may be "X"), e.g. "057117678X" . ISBN numbers may contain hyphens, e.g. "1-878067-73-7" Degree conferred, as listed in the metadata, e.g. "PhD", "laurea" The author's full name, e.g. "Smith, Fred M", "Harry S. Truman" The author's family name. This may be more than one word. In many citations, the author's family name is recorded first and is followed by a comma, e.g. Smith, Fred James is recorded as "aulast=smith" The author's given name or names or initials. This data element may contain multiple words and punctuation, e.g. "Fred F", "Fred James" The author's first and middle initials. The author's first initial. The author's middle initial. The author's name suffix. Qualifiers on an author's name such as "Jr.", "III" are entered here. e.g. Smith, Fred Jr. is recorded as "ausuffix=jr"