3.1.3.1.7 copyright

The <copyright> element specifies legal ownership of the content.

The <copyright> element is used for a single copyright entry. It includes the copyright years and the copyright holder. Multiple <copyright> statements are allowed.

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

Contains

Doctype

Content model

topic, map, concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap, classifyMap, subjectScheme, machineryTask, learningAssessment, learningBookmap, learningContent, learningMap, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary

( (copyryear) (one or more) then (copyrholder) )

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/copyright

Example
<prolog>
 <copyright>
  <copyryear year="2001-04-12"></copyryear>
  <copyrholder>IBM</copyrholder>
 </copyright>
 <copyright type=secondary>
  <copyryear year="2002-03-03></copyryear>
  <copyrholder>Schweetones Publishing, Inc.</copyrholder>
 </copyright>
</prolog>
Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

type

Indicates the legal status of the copyright holder. Beginning with DITA 1.2, values in this attribute are not limited to a small number of choices; the following values were used in DITA 1.0 and DITA 1.1, and are still provided as sample values:

primary

The copyright holder with first claim on the copyright

secondary

An additional copyright holder who is not primary

NMTOKEN

#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

3.1.3.1.8 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

3.1.3.1.21 publisher

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