<edition>

The <edition> element contains information used by a publisher to identify the edition of the book, such as First or Third edition.

Specialization hierarchy

The <edition> element is specialized from <data>. It is defined in the bookmap module.

Content model

(Text | <keyword> | <markupname> | <apiname> | <option> | <parmname> | <cmdname> | <msgnum> | <varname> | <wintitle> | <numcharref> | <parameterentity> | <textentity> | <xmlatt> | <xmlelement> | <xmlnsname> | <xmlpi> | <text> )*

Zero or more

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: data-element attributes, link-relationship attributes, and universal attributes.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@datatype (data-element attributes)
Specifies the type of data contained in the @value attribute or within the <data> element. A typical use of @datatype will be the identifying URI for an XML Schema datatype.
@format (link-relationship attributes)
Specifies the format of the resource that is referenced. See STUB CONTENT for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.
@href (link-relationship attributes)
Specifies a reference to a resource. See STUB CONTENT for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.
@name (data-element attributes)
Defines a unique name for the object.
@scope (link-relationship attributes)
Specifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the referenced resource. The following values are valid: local, peer, external, and -dita-use-conref-target.

See STUB CONTENT for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.

@type (link-relationship attributes)
Describes the target of a reference. See STUB CONTENT for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.
@value (data-element attributes)
Specifies a value associated with the current property or element.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following example shows how the <edition> element can be used to specify the edition of the book:

<bookmeta>
  <bookid>
    <bookpartno>99F1234</bookpartno>
    <edition>Second</edition>
    <isbn>123-0-456-12345-1</isbn>
    <booknumber>SC21-1234-00</booknumber>
    <volume>2</volume>
    <maintainer>
      <person>John Smith</person>
    </maintainer>
  </bookid>
</bookmeta>