copyright

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$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:08 $

Synopsis

Content Model

copyright ::=
(year+,holder*)

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

The Copyright element holds information about the date(s) and holder(s) of a document copyright. If an extended block of text describing the copyright or other legal status is required, use LegalNotice.

The Copyright element is confined to meta-information. For copyright statements in running text, see Trademark.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes suppressed.

A displayed copyright notice usually includes the copyright symbol, ©, as generated text and is formatted with commas separating multiple years. Additional generated text, such as the legend “All rights reserved,” may also be generated.

Parents

These elements contain copyright: articleinfo, bibliomixed, bibliomset, objectinfo, sectioninfo.

Children

The following elements occur in copyright: holder, year.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE copyright PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<copyright>
  <year>1996</year>
  <year>1997</year>
  <holder>O'Reilly &amp; Associates, Inc.</holder>
</copyright>

For additional examples, see also bibliography.

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