3.2.5.2.3 bookchangehistory

The <bookchangehistory> element contains information about the history of the book's creation and publishing lifecycle, including who wrote, reviewed, edited, and tested the book. It also specifies when these events took place.

Contains

Note: These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS. Actual content models will differ with each new document type.

Doctype	Content model
bookmap, learningBookmap	( (reviewed) (any number) then (edited) (any number) then (tested) (any number) then (approved) (any number) then (bookevent) (any number) )

Contained by

Doctype	Content model
bookmap, learningBookmap	bookmeta

Inheritance

- topic/data bookmap/bookchangehistory

Example

<bookmeta>
 <bookchangehistory>
 <reviewed>
 <started><year>2007</year><month>10</month></started>
 <completed><year>2008</year><month>01</month></completed>
 </reviewed>
 <edited>
 <person>Joe T. Editor</person>
 <completed><year>2008</year><month>03</month><day>15</day></completed>
 </edited>
 <tested>
 <organization>OASIS</organization>
 <completed><year>2008</year><month>04</month></completed>
 </tested>
 <approved>
 <organization>OASIS</organization>
 <completed><year>2008</year><month>05</month></completed>
 </approved>
 <bookevent>
 <bookeventtype name="Type of Major Event"/>
 <completed><year>2009</year></completed>
 </bookevent>
 </bookchangehistory>
</bookmeta>

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 a value associated with the current property or element.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
href	Provides a reference to a resource. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
format	The format attribute identifies the format of the resource being referenced. See The format attribute for details on supported values.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
type	Describes the target of a reference. See The type attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
scope	The scope attribute identifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the target resource. See The scope attribute for more information on values.	(local \| peer \| external \| -dita-use-conref-target)	#IMPLIED	No
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups)	A set of related attributes, described in univ-atts attribute group
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc)	A set of related attributes, described in global-atts attribute group
class, outputclass	Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes

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