3.1.3.1.21 publisher

The <publisher> metadata element contains the name of the person, company, or organization responsible for making the content or subject of the topic available.

This element is equivalent to the Publisher element in Dublin Core.

Contains

Doctype

Content model

topic (base), map (base), classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningAssessment, learningBookmap, learningContent, learningMap, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary

( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or term) (any number)

topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap

( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term or abbreviated-form) (any number)

machineryTask

( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or wintitle or term) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

topic (base), topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), machineryTask, learningAssessment, learningContent, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary

prolog

map (base), map (technical content), bookmap, classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningBookmap, learningMap

topicmeta

Inheritance

- topic/publisher

Example
<prolog>
  <author>Ivan</author>
  <publisher>AJ Printing Inc.</publisher>
</prolog>
Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

href

Provides a reference to a resource. See 3.4.2.1 The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

type

Describes the target of a reference. See 3.4.2.8 The type attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

format

The format attribute identifies the format of the resource being referenced. See 3.4.2.9 The format attribute for details on supported values.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

scope

The scope attribute identifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the target resource. See 3.4.2.10 The scope attribute for more information on values.

(local | peer | external | -dita-use-​conref-​target)

#IMPLIED

No

keyref

Keyref provides a redirectable reference based on a key defined within a map. See 3.4.2.3 The keyref attribute for information on using this attribute.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group

     

global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group

     

class

A common attribute described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes

     

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Parent Topic:  3.1.3.1 Prolog (metadata) elements

Sibling Topics:

3.1.3.1.1 prolog

3.1.3.1.2 audience

3.1.3.1.3 author

3.1.3.1.4 brand

3.1.3.1.5 category

3.1.3.1.6 component

3.1.3.1.7 copyright

3.1.3.1.8 copyrholder

3.1.3.1.9 copyryear

3.1.3.1.10 created

3.1.3.1.11 critdates

3.1.3.1.12 featnum

3.1.3.1.13 keywords

3.1.3.1.14 metadata

3.1.3.1.15 othermeta

3.1.3.1.16 permissions

3.1.3.1.17 platform

3.1.3.1.18 prodinfo

3.1.3.1.19 prodname

3.1.3.1.20 prognum

3.1.3.1.22 resourceid

3.1.3.1.23 revised

3.1.3.1.24 series

3.1.3.1.25 source

3.1.3.1.26 vrmlist

3.1.3.1.27 vrm