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BookInfo

Name

BookInfo---Metainformation for a Book

Synopsis

Content Model
  ((Graphic | LegalNotice | ModeSpec | SubjectSet
  | KeywordSet | ITermSet | Abbrev | Abstract | Address
  | ArtPageNums | Author | AuthorGroup | AuthorInitials
  | BiblioMisc | BiblioSet | Collab | ConfGroup | ContractNum
  | ContractSponsor | Copyright | CorpAuthor | CorpName
  | Date | Edition | Editor | InvPartNumber | ISBN | ISSN
  | IssueNum | OrgName | OtherCredit | PageNums
  | PrintHistory | ProductName | ProductNumber | PubDate
  | Publisher | PublisherName | PubsNumber | ReleaseInfo
  | RevHistory | SeriesVolNums | Subtitle | Title
  | TitleAbbrev | VolumeNum | Honorific | FirstName | Surname
  | Lineage | OtherName | Affiliation | AuthorBlurb | Contrib
  | BookBiblio)+)
  -(BeginPage)

Exclusions

BookInfo excludes these elements at every level:

  BeginPage

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name Value(s) Type Default Value
Contents IDREFS #IMPLIED  

Tag Minimization

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

Description

Metainformation for a Book, in which it may appear. BookInfo must contain a BookBiblio, followed by any number of LegalNotices, followed by any number of ModeSpecs (which are pointed to by the LinkMode attribute of OLink, and are collected here for convenience). BookInfo has common attributes and a Contents attribute, the values of which are the IDs of the ToC, LoTs, Prefaces, Parts, Chapters, Appendixes, References, Glossary, Bibliography, and indexes comprising the Book, in the order of their appearance. BookInfo has Contents and common attributes.

Parents

BookInfo occurs in Book.

Children

BookInfo contains these elements: Abbrev, Abstract, Address, Affiliation, ArtPageNums, Author, AuthorBlurb, AuthorGroup, AuthorInitials, BiblioMisc, BiblioSet, BookBiblio, Collab, ConfGroup, ContractNum, ContractSponsor, Contrib, Copyright, CorpAuthor, CorpName, Date, Edition, Editor, FirstName, Graphic, Honorific, ISBN, ISSN, ITermSet, InvPartNumber, IssueNum, KeywordSet, LegalNotice, Lineage, ModeSpec, OrgName, OtherCredit, OtherName, PageNums, PrintHistory, ProductName, ProductNumber, PubDate, Publisher, PublisherName, PubsNumber, ReleaseInfo, RevHistory, SeriesVolNums, SubjectSet, Subtitle, Surname, Title, TitleAbbrev, and VolumeNum.

In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

Contents

Contents holds a list of the IDs of the immediate subelements of a Book or Set.

Examples

<BOOK>
<TITLE>My Short SGML Book</TITLE>
<BOOKINFO>
<BOOKBIBLIO>
<AUTHORGROUP>
<AUTHOR>
<FIRSTNAME>George</FIRSTNAME>
<SURNAME>Tirebiter</SURNAME>
</AUTHOR>
</AUTHORGROUP>
</BOOKBIBLIO>
</BOOKINFO>
<TOC></TOC>
<LOT></LOT>
<PREFACE>
<TITLE>Introduction</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</PREFACE>
<PART>
<TITLE>This Part Is First</TITLE>
<PARTINTRO>
<TITLE>Introducing This Part</TITLE>
<PARA>This Part is like no other Part.</PARA>
</PARTINTRO>
<CHAPTER>
<TITLE>A Chapter</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</CHAPTER>
<CHAPTER>
<TITLE>Another Chapter</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</CHAPTER>
</PART>
<PART>
<TITLE>This Part Is Second</TITLE>
<CHAPTER>
<TITLE>Yet Another Chapter</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</CHAPTER>
<CHAPTER>
<TITLE>Still Yet Another Chapter</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</CHAPTER>
</PART>
<APPENDIX LABEL="A">
<TITLE>One Appendix</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</APPENDIX>
<APPENDIX LABEL="B">
<TITLE>The Other Appendix</TITLE>
<PARA>Short paragraph.
</PARA>
</APPENDIX>
<GLOSSARY>
<GLOSSENTRY>
<GLOSSTERM>fum</GLOSSTERM>
<GLOSSDEF>
<PARA>Syllable following "fee, fie, fo"</PARA>
</GLOSSDEF>
</GLOSSENTRY>
</GLOSSARY>
<BIBLIOGRAPHY>
<BIBLIOENTRY>
<BOOKBIBLIO>
<TITLE>Recursive Tooth Exercises
</TITLE>
<AUTHORGROUP>
<AUTHOR>
<FIRSTNAME>George</FIRSTNAME>
<SURNAME>Tirebiter</SURNAME>
</AUTHOR>
</AUTHORGROUP>
</BOOKBIBLIO>
</BIBLIOENTRY>
</BIBLIOGRAPHY>
<INDEX></INDEX>
</BOOK>


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