Primo — Guide for Suppliers

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Primo Dataset

Primo Dataset of a proof contains the following:

  1. Article XML
  2. Strip-ins for equations with non-compliant MathML
  3. Dataset XML
  4. Assets (images & supplementary materials)

Article XML

Suppliers are requested use the full-text single XML and not to process datasets with multiple XMLs like abstract, add-ons, batch placeholders etc. via Primo. The file name should be main.xml.

Directory structure syntax
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.xml
Directory structure example
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.xml

Mathml

Use mathml3 line break attributes to indicate equation breaking points. Indent target and indentalign="id" attributes are recommended to indicate horizontal alignment of lines in equations.

Track changes & queries

The proof in XML may contain copy-edit track changes and queries in any one of the below formats.

Action Coding
Insertion <!--INS-->xxx<!--/INS-->
Deletion <!--DEL-->yyy<!--/DEL-->
Replacement <!--INS-->xxx<!--/INS--><!--DEL-->yyy<!--/DEL-->
Query <!--Q1: query text.-->
Boolean Query <!--Q1 replies=“Yes | No” type=“boolean”: query text.-->

Query Identifier

The query identifiers have the form: 'Q' followed by the query number, e.g. Q1, Q5. While generating the query avoid:

  • Using the same query identifier for two different queries.
  • Calling the same query at two different places.

Strip-ins for equations with non-compliant MathML

As Primo generates strip-ins by itself for rendering equations in Edit View and Proof View, it is no longer mandatory to provide strip-ins.

Dataset XML

  • The dataset XML should adhere to New-proof schema. According to the workflow, the supplier can omit both MAIN and EDITED-PROOF PDFs from the dataset. The tags such as web-pdf, page-fraction-body, page-fraction-trail, pdf-pages, and pdf-pages-web can be removed from the dataset.xml.
  • No need to include the proof-uri in the dataset.xml. Primo will generate the proof url automatically.

Assets

Inside main.assets directory, the XML version JPEG and MMC files should be added.

Directory structure syntax
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/ga1.jpg
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/sc1.jpg
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/gr1.jpg
  ...
Directory structure example
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/ga1.jpg
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/sc1.jpg
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/gr1.jpg
  ...

WEB and PRINT

Include the web version (Elsevier RGB spec PDF) images in the web directory. If the journals do not belong to E-only as per the Journal Style Sheet (JSS), add print version (Elsevier CMYK spec PDF) images to the print directory. The images should be placed inside main.assets/web and main.assets/print directories.

Directory structure syntax
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/web/ga1.pdf
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/web/sc1.pdf
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/web/gr1.pdf
  ...
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/print/gr1.pdf
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/print/sc1.pdf
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/print/gr1.pdf
  ...
Directory structure example
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/ga1.pdf
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/sc1.pdf
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/gr1.pdf
  ...
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/ga1.pdf
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/sc1.pdf
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/gr1.pdf
  ...

Source

To handle the artwork corrections in the subsequent stages, add the original high quality RGB and compressed EPS versions inside the main.assets/eps directory. See the directory structure below.

Directory structure syntax
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/eps/ga1.eps.gz
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/eps/sc1.eps.gz
  <dataset_directory>/<pii_number>/main.assets/eps/gr1.eps.gz
  ...
Directory structure example
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/ga1.eps.gz
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/sc1.eps.gz
  XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/gr1.eps.gz
  ...


XXXXF9999999/ XXXXF9999999/dataset.xml XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/ XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.xml XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.stripin/ XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.stripin/si1.svg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.stripin/si2.svg

XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/ XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/ga1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/sc1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/gr1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/mmc1.docx

XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/ XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/ga1.eps.gz XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/sc1.eps.gz XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/eps/gr1.eps.gz

XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/ XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/ga1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/sc1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/web/gr1.jpg

XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/ XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/ga1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/sc1.jpg XXXXF9999999/S999999992600000X/main.assets/print/gr1.jpg

Input & Output

The input dataset file name should be unique. On the dataset is uploaded to the sftp, a validation XML will be generated. Download it and check the status. If it is a successful one, the XML will contain the Primo url as shown in the example below. The XML file name will UJID-AID-Primo-validation-YYYY-mm-ddTHH-MM-SSZ.xml.

AML-100002-Primo-validation-2026-04-06T05-34-51Z.xml: <?xml version="1.0"?> <primo-import-information xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="XML-signal-validation.xsd"> 

 <timestamp>2026-04-06T04-19-32Z</timestamp>
 <supplier>
   <name>STMDE</name>
 </supplier>
 <article>
   <jid>AML</jid>
   <aid>100002</aid>
 </article>
 <status>success</status>
 <url>https://primo.stmsoft.in/dp/x603nelt5xiwk</url>

</primo-import-information>

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