edition

The <edition> element contains the edition number information, such as First Edition, or Third Edition, used by a publisher to identify a book.

Contains

Doctype Content model
bookmap ( text data ) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype Parents
bookmap bookid

Inheritance:

- topic/data bookmap/edition

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
name Defines a unique name for the object. CDATA #IMPLIED No
datatype Describes 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. CDATA #IMPLIED No
value Specifies the value of a run-time parameter specified by the name attribute. CDATA #IMPLIED No
href A hyperlink to an external Web page (URL) or other non-DITA resource, or to another DITA topic in the same file or in another file. The format attribute identifies the format of the target. Non-DITA targets use standard URL syntax. DITA topics are targetted as follows:
Target elsewhere in the same file:
  href="#topicid"
First topic in different file:
  href="filename.dita"
Specific topic in different file:
  href="filename.dita#topicid"

If the URL contains an ampersand character, the ampersand symbol (&amp;) should be used to indicate that character

 CDATA #IMPLIED No
format The format attribute identifies the format of the resource being cross referenced. See The format attribute for details on supported values. CDATA #IMPLIED No
type Describes the target of a cross-reference. See The type attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. CDATA #IMPLIED (Processed as if the target were of type "topic", or inherited from an ancestor) No
scope The scope attribute identifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the target resource.
  • Set scope to local when the resource is part of the current set of content.
  • Set scope to peer when the resource is part of the current set of content but is not accessible at build time.
  • Set scope to external when the resource is not part of the current information set and should open in a new browser window.
  • See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information on -dita-use-conref-target.
The processing default is local. If no value is specified, but the attribute is specified on an ancestor within a map or within the related-links section, the value will inherit from the closest ancestor.		 (local | peer | external | -dita-use-conref-target) #IMPLIED No
%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;) A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
class, outputclass Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes      
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