revnumber
revnumber — A document revision number.
Synopsis
Attributes
Description
A revnumber identifies the revision number of a
document. The revision number should uniquely identify a particular
revision of a document.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. DocBook does not require that
revnumbers be sequential or make any demands on
their format. They can be numeric, alphanumeric, or whatever suits
your needs.
Children
The following elements occur in revnumber: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.
Examples
See revhistory for an example that uses this element.




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