Publication date
Capture publication date of a book in the pub-date element.
/book/book-meta/pub-date //book-part-meta/pub-date[@publication-format = "epub"]
Capture a publication-format attribute with one of the values described in the table.
| publication-format value | Description |
|---|---|
| ppub | The first print publication date. |
| epub | The first online (electronic) publication date. |
| ebook-epub | The first publication date of the ebook. |
Capture an attribute iso-8601-date attribute with the date in ISO 8601
format (YYYY-MM-DD). If the month or day is unspecified, use 01
for the MM
or DD
component.
When specified, the month value must be a 2-digit integer between 01 and 12 inclusive, and the day value must be a 2-digit integer between 01-31 inclusive.
Capture the online publication date of each chapter and front/end matter section if the
book is in progress
or continuous
(see Publication status).
Print and online publication dates
<pub-date publication-format="ppub" iso-8601-date="2015-09-01"> <day>01</day> <month>09</month> <year>2015</year> </pub-date> <pub-date publication-format="epub" iso-8601-date="2016-01-31"> <day>31</day> <month>01</month> <year>2016</year> </pub-date>
Ebook publication date
Add a date-type attribute with value pub
to the
pub-date element containing the ebook publication date.
<pub-date publication-format="ebook-epub"
date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-07-13">
<day>13</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>