ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2015

9 Journal Publishing Tag Set, version 1.1 • 9.5 Attributes

9.5.36 @designator Designator of the Edition

The edition number as an unadorned numeric or alphabetic value.

In elements <edition> and <version>, this attribute may be used if the element is used.
Value Meaning
The numeral or alphabetic character that indicates the edition number The straight unadorned edition number, for machine processing. Typically this is a number such as 4 or an alphabetic character such as A.