<published>

The <published> element contains information about the publication, such as the published revision, the publication type, and when the book was published.

Specialization hierarchy

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

Content model

( <person> | <organization> )*, <publishtype> ?, <revisionid> ?, <started> ?, <completed> ?, <summary> ?, ( <data> | <sort-as> )*

In order
  1. Zero or more
  2. Optional <publishtype>
  3. Optional <revisionid>
  4. Optional <started>
  5. Optional <completed>
  6. Optional <summary>
  7. Zero or more
    • <data>
    • <sort-as>

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 code sample shows how the <published> element can be used to specify the publication type, the published revision, and when the book was published:

<bookmeta>
  <publisherinformation>
      <organization>NY Publishing</organization>
      <printlocation>United States of America</printlocation>
      <published>
        <publishtype value="general"/>
        <revisionid>2</revisionid>
        <completed><month>02</month><year>2023</year></completed>
      </published>
  </publisherinformation>
</bookmeta>