<summary>

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

Specialization hierarchy

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

Content model

(Text | <data> | <sort-as> | <foreign> | <keyword> | <markupname> | <apiname> | <option> | <parmname> | <cmdname> | <msgnum> | <varname> | <wintitle> | <numcharref> | <parameterentity> | <textentity> | <xmlatt> | <xmlelement> | <xmlnsname> | <xmlpi> | <term> | <abbreviated-form> | <text> )*

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Attributes

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.

@keyref
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>