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<bookchangehistory>

The <bookchangehistory> element contains information about the history of the book's creation and publishing lifecycle, including who wrote, reviewed, edited, and tested the book. It also specifies when these events took place.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/data bookmap/bookchangehistory

Example

<bookmeta>
  <bookchangehistory>
    <reviewed>
      <started><year>2007</year><month>10</month></started>
      <completed><year>2008</year><month>01</month></completed>
    </reviewed>
    <edited>
      <person>Joe T. Editor</person>
      <completed><year>2008</year><month>03</month><day>15</day></completed>
    </edited>
    <tested>
      <organization>OASIS</organization>
      <completed><year>2008</year><month>04</month></completed>
    </tested>
    <approved>
      <organization>OASIS</organization>
      <completed><year>2008</year><month>05</month></completed>
    </approved>
    <bookevent>
      <bookeventtype name="Type of Major Event"/>
      <completed><year>2009</year></completed>
    </bookevent>
  </bookchangehistory>
</bookmeta>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Data element attributes group, Link relationship attribute group, Universal attribute group, and @outputclass.

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