csl-data.rnc

namespace dc = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"

dc:title [ "Citation Style Language Data" ]
dc:creator [ "Bruce D'Arcus" ]
dc:rights [ "Copyright 2009-2018 Citation Style Language and contributors" ]
dc:license [ "MIT license" ]
dc:description [ "A schema for the CSL data model." ]
include "csl-types.rnc"
include "csl-variables.rnc"
start = element references { reference+ }
reference = element reference { type, id, uri?, container-uri?, (contributor* & date* & variable+) }

## Types 
div {
  type = attribute type { item-types }
}

## Identifiers
div {

   ## The id is an identifier unique to the scope of the file
   id = attribute id { token }
   
   ## The URI is the global identity for the refererence; used to associate a citation reference to its data
   uri = attribute uri { xsd:anyURI }
  
   ## the URI for containing items (such as edited books or journals)
   container-uri = attribute container-uri { xsd:anyURI }
}

## Contributors
div {
   contributor =
      element contributor {
         attribute type { variables.names },
         name-elements
      }
   name-elements =
      element name { text }
    | ((element given { text }? &
       element family { text }?) &
       element dropping-particle { text }? &
       element non-dropping-particle { text }? &
       element suffix { text }?)
}

## Dates
div {
   date =
      element date { 
         attribute type { variables.dates }, 
         attribute circa { xsd:boolean }?,
         (date-pattern | date-range)
      }
   date-pattern =
      year-pattern,
      ( ( month-pattern, day-pattern? ) | season-pattern )?
   date-range =
      element begin-date { date-pattern },
      element end-date { date-pattern }?
   year-pattern =
      attribute year {
         xsd:integer { maxInclusive="-1" }
       | xsd:integer { minInclusive="1" }
      }
   month-pattern =
      attribute month { xsd:integer { minInclusive="1" maxInclusive="12" } }
   day-pattern =
      attribute day { xsd:integer { minInclusive="1" maxInclusive="31" } }

   # 1 = Spring, 2 = Summer, 3 = Fall, 4 = Winter
   season-pattern =
      attribute season { xsd:integer { minInclusive="1" maxInclusive="4" } }
}

## Simple Variables
div {
   variable =
      element variable {
         attribute type { variables.standard },
         (simple-variable-pattern | rich-variable-pattern)
      }
   simple-variable-pattern = text
   rich-variable-pattern =
      (text
       | element abbr { text }
       | element b { text }
       | element cite {
          
          ## cited title which is a part (like an article), and so typically rendered in quotes, rather than italicized
          attribute class { "part" }?,
          text
       }
       | element i { text }
       | element sc { text }
       | element span {
          
          ## text whose case should not be transformed (as with proper nouns)
          attribute class { "protect" }?,
          text
       }
       | element sup { text }
       | element sub { text })+
}