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

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

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

<para>
<sgmltag>Year</sgmltag> identifies a year.  In DocBook V3.0, this is
only used in <sgmltag>Copyright</sgmltag>, to identify the year or
years in which copyright is asserted.
</para>

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

&year.parents.gen;
&year.children.gen;
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

&year.example.seealso.gen;

</refsect1>
</refentry>

