DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

bibliorelation — The relationship of a document to another

Synopsis

bibliorelation ::= (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)

• Exactly one of:

  • type (enumeration) = “hasformat” | “haspart” | “hasversion” | “isformatof” | “ispartof” | “isreferencedby” | “isreplacedby” | “isrequiredby” | “isversionof” | “references” | “replaces” | “requires”

  • Each of:

    • type (enumeration) = “othertype”

    • othertype (NMTOKEN)

Required attributes are shown in bold.

Description

The bibliorelation element satisfies the relation element of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

The Dublin Core defines relation as “a reference to a related resource.” It goes on to note that “recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.”

DocBook V4.2 added bibliocoverage, bibliorelation, and bibliosource to make the DocBook meta-information wrappers a complete superset of the Dublin Core.

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 ...