<summary>

The <summary> element contains a brief summary related to a book event or to the copyrights of the book.

The <summary> element is specialized from <ph>. It is defined in the bookmap module.

(Text | <data> | <foreign> | <keyword> | <term> | <text>)*

Contained by

<approved>, <bookevent>, <bookrights>, <edited>, <published>, <reviewed>, <tested>

Zero or more of the following
  • Text
  • <data>
  • <foreign>
  • <keyword>
  • <term>
  • <text>

Contained by

- topic/ph bookmap/summary

The <summary> element is specialized from <ph>. It is defined in the bookmap module.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @keyref.

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

Specifies a key name that acts as a redirectable reference based on a key definition within a map. See STUB CONTENT for information on using this attribute.

For HDITA, the equivalent of @keyref is @data-keyref

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows how the <summary> element can be used to provide a brief summary of the edits that were completed on two different revisions of the book:

<bookmeta>
  <bookchangehistory>
    <edited>
      <person>Joe T. Editor</person>
      <revisionid>1</revisionid>
      <completed><year>2020</year><month>03</month><day>15</day></completed>
      <summary>Added several new topics</summary>
    </edited>
    <edited>
      <person>Joe T. Editor</person>
      <revisionid>2</revisionid>
      <completed><year>2020</year><month>10</month><day>13</day></completed>
      <summary>Fixed a few typos</summary>
    </edited>
  </bookchangehistory>
</bookmeta>