DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

bibliosource — The source of a document

Synopsis

bibliosource ::= (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

The bibliosource element satisfies the source element of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

The Dublin Core defines source as “a reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.” It goes on to note that “the present resource may be derived from the source resource in whole or in part. 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 standard book number
“isrn”	An international standard technical report number (ISO 10444)
“issn”	An international standard serial number
“libraryofcongress”	A Library of Congress reference ...