PeerJ / jats-conversion

Conversion and validation for JATS XML

This repository contains:

• XSL files for conversion from JATS XML to various other formats.
• A PHP class for using the XSL.
• Schema files fetched from third parties, for use in conversion and validation.

XML catalog

Add <nextCatalog catalog="file:///path/to/jats-conversion/schema/catalog.xml"/> to your system's catalog file (e.g. at /etc/xml/catalog) to avoid fetching resources from the network.

JATS validation

Validate a JATS XML file using:

• JATS Article Publishing DTD
• PMC Style Checker

Convert and validate against:

• CrossRef Deposit Schema

• DataCite Deposit Schema

• DOAJ Deposit Schema

• Run tests/validate.sh filename to validate a JATS XML file.

• Output: any validation errors; NLM style report; HTML article preview.

Updating

• Run cd schema && make fetch to fetch all the resources.