Updating the version information

Capture version information for a chapter or entry in the versionInfo element when there is a substantive update to the content.

(//chapter|//e)/metaInfo/versionInfo

Confirm the editorial policy for the content. There may be particular criteria for when an update is considered to be substantive. Some corrections may be regarded as minor; these do not require versionInfo content to be added or updated

The metaInfo element comes immediately before the titleGroup element in a chapter, or the headwordGroup element in an entry.

If the chapter/entry has been reviewed, but not updated:

Create a dateLastReviewed element as a child of versionInfo containing the date reviewed in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

If you're creating the first substantive update for the chapter/entry:

Create a versionInfo element.
Create a versionDate element containing the date of publication of the update, in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
Create a versionNum element with value '1'.
(Optionally, depending on editorial policy for the product) Create a versionSummary element containing a short description of the update.

If you are updating the chapter/entry again, before publication of the version:

Leave the versionDate unchanged
Leave the versionNum unchanged
Add a description of the latest update to the versionSummary element, without removing the description of the previous update.

If you're updating a chapter/entry again, after publication of the previous update:

Change the versionDate to the date of publication of the next update
Increment the value of the versionNum element by 1.
Delete the existing content of the versionSummary element and replace with a description of the latest update.

When a chapter or article is updated and it is contained in a book (i.e. the chapter or article are not the root level) the book level versionInfo must also be modified. Change the book level versionDesc to 'Update' and the book level versionDate to the date of the most recent update at the lower level. Do not add a versionNum to the root level.

Reviewed on a chapter/entry


      <versionInfo>
        <versionDate>2013-01-28</versionDate>
        <dateLastReviewed>2016-11-07</dateLastReviewed>
      </versionInfo>

First update for a chapter/entry


      <versionInfo>
        <versionDate>2013-01-28</versionDate>
        <versionNum>1</versionNum>
        <versionSummary><p>Added date of marriage to Kim Kardashian</p>
        </versionSummary>
      </versionInfo>

Second update for a chapter/entry, before the publication of the first update


      <versionInfo>
        <versionDate>2013-01-28</versionDate>
        <versionNum>1</versionNum>
        <versionSummary><p>Added date of marriage to Kim Kardashian, and date of subsequent divorce.</p>
        </versionSummary>
      </versionInfo>

Third update for a chapter/entry, after the publication of the first two updates


      <versionInfo>
        <versionDate>2013-07-25</versionDate>
        <versionNum>2</versionNum>
        <versionSummary><p>Added date of marriage to Paris Hilton.</p>
        </versionSummary>
      </versionInfo>

Update at the book level when a chapter or e is changed within a book.


      <versionInfo>
        <versionDate>2016-10-02</versionDate>
        <versionDesc>Update</versionDesc>
      </versionInfo>