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

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

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

<para>
An <sgmltag>ISSN</sgmltag> is the International
Standard Serial Number of a periodical.
</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>


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

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

