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Basic structure

  • Date:
    10/06/2024
  • Modified:
    26/11/2025
  • Category:
    Dedicon MONET

The basic structure of a MONET-xml is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<document xmlns="https://schema.dedicon.nl/monet/v1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:schemaLocation="https://schema.dedicon.nl/monet/v1 
https://schema.dedicon.nl/monet/v1/monet_1.0.0.xsd" xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xml:lang="">
    <metadata></metadata>
    <publication>
        <cover>
            <frontcover></frontcover>
            <backcover></backcover>
            <jacketcopy></jacketcopy>
        </cover>
        <body>
            <frontmatter></frontmatter>
            <bodymatter></bodymatter>
            <rearmatter></rearmatter>
        </body>
    </publication>
</document>

There is a fixed set of elements that may be used in a MONET-xml. These valid elements are listed on this website under ‘Elements’. Do not use other elements than mentioned in this list.