<refentry id="isbn.element">
<?dbhtml filename="isbn.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>isbn</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>isbn</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>isbn</refname>
<refpurpose>&isbn.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&isbn.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
An <sgmltag>ISBN</sgmltag> is the International
Standard Book Number of a document.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline; &format.csuppress;
</para>

<para>Deprecated as of DocBook V4.2, see <sgmltag>biblioid</sgmltag> instead.</para>

</refsect2>


&isbn.parents.gen;
&isbn.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&isbn.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

&isbn.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

