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<vrm>

The <vrm> element contains information about a single product's version, modification, and release, to which the current topic applies.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/vrm

Example

The recent versions of a hypothetical product might be logged thus using the <vrmlist> markup:

<prolog>
 <metadata>
  <prodinfo>
   <prodname>Widge-o-matic</prodname>
   <vrmlist>
     <vrm version="1" release="2" modification="0"/>
     <vrm version="1" release="2" modification="1"/>
   </vrmlist>
  </prodinfo>
 </metadata>
</prolog>

This indicates that the topic covers Version 1, release 2, modification levels 0 and 1 (often expressed as version 1.2.0 and 1.2.1).

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group and the attributes defined below.

@version (REQUIRED)
Indicates the released version number of the product(s) that the document describes.
@release
Contains the product release identifier.
@modification
Indicates the modification level of the current version and release.

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