<publisherinformation>

The <publisherinformation> element contains information about who published the book, where it was printed, the publication type, which revision was published, and when it was published.

Usage information

Additional information about the publication history is found in the <bookchangehistory> element.

Specialization hierarchy

The <publisherinformation> element is specialized from <publisher>. It is defined in the bookmap module.

Content model

( <person> | <organization> )*, <printlocation> *, <published> *, ( <data> | <sort-as> )*

In order
  1. Zero or more
  2. Zero or more <printlocation>
  3. Zero or more <published>
  4. 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 <publisherinformation> element can be used to identity who published the book, where the book was printed, the published revision, the publication dates, and the publication type:

<bookmeta>
  <publisherinformation>
      <organization>NY Publishing</organization>
      <printlocation>United States of America</printlocation>
      <published>
        <publishtype value="general"/>
        <revisionid>1</revisionid>
        <started><month>01</month><year>2020</year></started>
        <completed><month>02</month><year>2023</year></completed>
      </published>
  </publisherinformation>
</bookmeta>