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<version> Version Statement

A full version statement, which may be only a number, for data or software that is cited or described.

Usage/Remarks

The <version> element is only used as part of a description of a cited work inside a bibliographic reference (<element-citation> or <mixed-citation> and similar elements). To describe the version of a book or book-part, use <content-version>.
The content of this element may be a simple version number (such as “<version>16</version>” or “<version>XII</version>”). More complex version statements may contain a textual statement (“Fifth PC version, patches 2-3”), dates that the dataset covers, the version number as an ordinal (“3rd” or “3rd version”), or superscripted ordinals (“4<sup>th</sup>” or “10<sup>th</sup> version”). Whether or not the content is more than a simple number, the @designator attribute of this element can be used to hold the simple numerical or alphabetic version number, if there is such a number (<version designator="16.2">16th version, second release</version>).
Attributes
content-type
designator
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  version      (#PCDATA %version-elements;)*                >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | serif | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x)*

Related Resources
For a discussion on the use of <version> in citing datasets, see Citing Data.