<docDate>

<docDate> (document date) contains the date of a document, as given (usually) on a title page. 4.6 Title Pages
Module textstructure — 4 Default Text Structure
In addition to global attributes In addition to global attributes
when gives the value of the date in standard form, i.e. YYYY-MM-DD.
Status Optional
Datatype 

<rng:ref name="data.temporal.w3c"/>
data.temporal.w3c
Values a date in one of the formats specified in XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition
Note
For simple dates, the when attribute should give the Gregorian or proleptic Gregorian date in the form (YYYY-MM-DD) specified by XML Schema Part 2.
Used by
docImprint model.titlepagePart model.divWrapper model.pLike.front
May contain
analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m pc phr s span spanGrp w
certainty: certainty precision respons
core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice corr date del distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr ref reg rs sic soCalled term time title unclear
dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar
figures: figure formula
gaiji: g
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
linking: alt altGrp anchor join joinGrp link linkGrp seg timeline
msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width
namesdates: addName affiliation bloc country district forename genName geo geogFeat geogName nameLink offset orgName persName placeName region roleName settlement state surname
spoken: incident kinesic pause shift vocal writing
tagdocs: att code gi ident specDesc specList tag val
textcrit: app witDetail
transcr: addSpan am damage damageSpan delSpan ex fw handShift restore space subst supplied surplus
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration 

<rng:element name="docDate">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="when">
   <rng:ref name="data.temporal.w3c"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element docDate
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute when { data.temporal.w3c }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<docImprint>Oxford, Clarendon Press, <docDate>1987</docDate>
</docImprint>
Note
Cf. the general date element in the core tag set. This specialized element is provided for convenience in marking and processing the date of the documents, since it is likely to require specialized handling for many applications.