DocBook: The Definitive Guide By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner 1st Edition October 1999 1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807 652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

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Date

Name

Date -- The date of publication or revision of a document

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

Date ::=
((#PCDATA|Link|OLink|ULink|Emphasis|Trademark|Replaceable|Comment|
  Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|InlineMediaObject|IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Parameter Entities

%bibliocomponent.mix;

Description

The Date element identifies a date.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

DocBook does not specify the format of the date.

Parents

These elements contain Date: ArtHeader, BiblioEntry, BiblioMixed, BiblioMSet, BiblioSet, BookBiblio, BookInfo, DocInfo, ObjectInfo, RefSect1Info, RefSect2Info, RefSect3Info, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Revision, Sect1Info, Sect2Info, Sect3Info, Sect4Info, Sect5Info, SectionInfo, SeriesInfo, SetInfo.

Children

The following elements occur in Date: Comment, Emphasis, IndexTerm, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Link, OLink, Replaceable, Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, ULink.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: IndexTerm.

See Also

Edition, PrintHistory, PubDate, ReleaseInfo, RevHistory

Examples

For examples, see Article, RevHistory.

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