The dateline element

Description

A dateline is a brief piece of text included in news articles that describes where and when the story was written or filed. In the case of articles reprinted from wire services, the distributing organization is also included (though the originating one is not). Datelines are traditionally placed on the first line of the text of the article, before the first sentence.

Possible children

This element may contain text. It may contain the following children: its:ruby and span.

Possible parents

body

Content model

Namespace

http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2010/

This element belongs to the core grammar.

Attributes

Name	Presence	Description
about	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: One of • value(s) of type anyURI • value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
class	Optional	The Z39.86 class attribute inherits all fundamental properties of the XHTML class attribute. It is used for arbitrary grouping or classification of elements, usable for example in the context of CSS styling. The class attribute is not used to inflect semantics on the content of elements. Value: Some value of type NMTOKENS
content	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: Any string
datatype	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: Some value of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
href	Optional	The value of the Z39.86 href attribute is a URI specifying a document-internal or -external target. Value: Some value of type anyURI
property	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
rel	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
resource	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: One of • value(s) of type anyURI • value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
rev	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
role	Optional	The role attribute allows the author to annotate elements with machine-extractable semantic information about the nature or purpose of an element. The value of the role attribute is one or several CURIEs. Consult XHTML Role Attribute Module for further information. Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
targetlang	Co-dependant on href	The targetlang attribute specifies the language(s) of the resource designated by the href attribute. Value: Any string
targetrole	Co-dependant on href	The targetrole attribute specifies the role(s) of the resource designated by the href attribute. Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
targettype	Co-dependant on href	The targettype attribute specifies the media type of the resource designated by the href attribute. Value: Any string
typeof	Optional	This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer. Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying • the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+" • a minimum length of 1
its:dir	Optional	The its:dir attribute is used to specify the base writing direction of the content. If not specified, the default value ltr is assumed. Consult Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) for further information. This attribute belongs to the feature «ITS Ruby» Value: One of • lro • ltr • rlo • rtl
its:translate	Optional	The its:translate attribute expresses information about whether the content of an element should be translated or not. If not specified, the default value "yes" is assumed. Consult Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) for further information. This attribute belongs to the feature «ITS Ruby» Value: One of • no • yes
xml:base	Optional	The xml:base attribute is used to specify a base URI other than the base URI of the document or external entity. Consult XML Base for further information. Value: Some value of type anyURI
xml:id	Optional	The xml:id attribute specifies a document-wide unique identifier of the element. Consult xml:id Version 1.0 for further information. Value: Some value of type ID
xml:lang	Optional	The xml:lang attribute is used to identify the natural or formal language in which the content is written. Consult Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 for further information. Value: Some value of type language
xml:space	Optional	The xml:space attribute is used to signal an intention that element white space should be preserved by applications. If not specified, the default value "default" is assumed. Consult Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 for further information. Value: One of • default • preserve