Purpose of a date (for example, the date a manuscript was accepted, the date it was received, the date of any revisions).
In this Tag Set, this attribute is likely to be used very rarely. It can only be used on a <date> element when that element is used in a citation. Since <date>s in citations are used to mark the primary publication date, the usual value is likely to be “ date-type="pub-date" ”.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | Typically a word or phrase that names or describes the purpose of a date, in this case, the publication date:pub-date. |
| Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used. | |
Although designed to accept any text as its value, the following is the only suggested date type:
|
pub-date |
The date a work was published |