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

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

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

<para>
An <sgmltag>ProductNumber</sgmltag> identifies a <quote>product number</quote> in
some unspecified numbering scheme. It's possible that product numbers
for different products might not even come from the same scheme.
</para>

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


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

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&productnumber.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.productnumber.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&productnumber.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.productnumber.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

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

