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

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

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

<para>
A <sgmltag>PubsNumber</sgmltag> identifies a document in
some unspecified numbering scheme. This number may exist instead of,
or in addition to, an <sgmltag>ISBN</sgmltag> or <sgmltag>ISSN</sgmltag> number.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline; &format.csuppress;
</para>
<para>
DocBook does not control, or specify, the 
numbering scheme used for documents.
</para>

<para>Deprecated as of DocBook V4.2, see <sgmltag>biblioid</sgmltag> instead.</para>
</refsect2>


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

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

