<pub-date>

Publication Date

In ISO STS, this element holds the date on which a standard is (or was) first published. For this NISO STS Tag Set, this publishing date should be recorded using the <release-date> element.

Remarks

Best Practice: For new documents, tagging the published date as <release-date> is considered Best Practice. The element <pub-date> should not be used as part of a standards document’s metadata.
The <pub-date> element has been retained in the ISO-related metadata elements (<iso-meta>, <reg-meta>, <nat-meta>) for purposes of backwards compatibility. This element has been placed into the models for <std-meta> and <std-doc-meta> for purposes of ISO and ISO-related organization’s future migration.
Here is a tagged example from ISO STS of the previous use of the element <pub-date>:
<iso-meta>
  ...  
  <pub-date>2009-05-30</pub-date>
  <release-date>2009-05-30</release-date>
   ...
</iso-meta>
Here is a NISO STS tagged example showing the <release-date> element replacing <pub-date> for initial publication and description of the current standards document:
<iso-meta>
  ...  
  <release-date 
    date-type="published"
    std-type="new-standard"
    iso-8601-date="2009-05-30">2009-05-30</release-date>
  <release-date 
    date-type="published"
    std-type="IS" 
    iso-8601-date="2009-05-30">2009-05-30</release-date>
   ...
</iso-meta>

Attributes

calendar calendar
date-type Type of Date
id Document Internal Identifier
iso-8601-date ISO-8601 Formatted Date
pub-type Type of Publication
publication-format Format of Publication
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language of an Element

Model Description

Text, numbers, or special characters

This element may be contained in:

<iso-meta>, <nat-meta>, <reg-meta>, <std-doc-meta>, <std-meta>

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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