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<version> Version Indicator

A version indicator provides an additional identifier for a non-major release of a standard. The <version> indicator is used to identify updated and publicly released standards that are typically corrections or amendments between major balloted editions of a standard.

Usage/Remarks

For example, in ISO and the family of ISO-related national and regional standards bodies, a <version> element is created when issuing a correction between major balloted editions. A new version does not change the edition number (<edition>), instead the standard acquires a new version indicator (<version>). These version indicators may be a digital counting number (1. 2. 3…), a similar letter convention (A, B, C…), or a textual string naming the version (e.g., “1-amd1.v1-cor3”, for version 1 of the document, as modified by version 1 of Amendment 1 and further modified by version 1 of Technical Corrigendum 3.).
Difference between STS and JATS Version Elements
The <version> element is defined and used differently in NISO STS than it is in JATS:
  • Within standards-specific elements (such as <std-ident>), a <version> element names a version indicator for this standards document.
  • Within JATS-defined citation-related elements (such as <mixed-citation> and <related-object>), a <version> element contains the version statement for the data or software that is cited or described. This usage may be limited to a version digit, but it may also contain ordinals or text as well.
Attributes
content-type
designator
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<element-citation>, <mixed-citation>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <std-ident>, <std-ref>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  version      (#PCDATA %version-elements;)*                >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | sub | sup)*

Tagged Samples
ISO-specific part of <std-ident> 
...
<std-ident>
 <originator>GOV</originator>
 <doc-type>...</doc-type>
 <doc-number>A-A-228</doc-number>
 <edition>...</edition>
 <version>A</version>
</std-ident>
...
ISO standards version numbers are typically the number “1”. 
...
<iso-meta>
 ...
 <std-ident>
  <originator>ISO</originator>
  <doc-type>is</doc-type>
  <doc-number>3951</doc-number>
  <part-number>2</part-number>
  <edition>1</edition>
  <version>1</version>
  ...
 </std-ident>
 <content-language>en</content-language>
 <std-ref type="dated">ISO 3951-2:2006</std-ref>
 <std-ref type="undated">ISO 3951-2</std-ref>
 ...
</iso-meta>
...