DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

biblioid — An identifier for a document

Synopsis

biblioid ::= (text | phrase ^db._phrase | replaceable | Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*

Attribute synopsis

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

• Exactly one of:

  • class (enumeration) = “doi” | “isbn” | “isrn” | “issn” | “libraryofcongress” | “pubsnumber” | “uri”

  • All of:

    • class (enumeration) = “other”

    • otherclass (NMTOKEN)

Required attributes are shown in bold.

Description

A bibliographic identifier, such as an ISBN number, Library of Congress identifier, or URI.

This element supersedes the isbn, issn, and pubsnumber elements.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. Sometimes suppressed.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

class

Identifies the kind of bibliographic identifier

Enumerated values:
“doi”	A digital object identifier
“isbn”	An international standard book number
“isrn”	An international standard technical report number (ISO 10444)
“issn”	An international standard serial number
“libraryofcongress”	A Library of Congress reference number
“pubsnumber”	A publication number (an internal number or possibly an organizational standard)
“uri”	A Uniform Resource Identifier

class

Identifies the kind of bibliographic identifier

Enumerated values:
“other”	Indicates that the identifier is some “other” kind

otherclass

Identifies the nature of the nonstandard bibliographic identifier

See Also

issuenum, productnumber, seriesvolnums, volumenum