---
title: "p.book.copyright.first-year"
description: "## Syntax **p.book.copyright.first-year**   ## Purpose The p.book.copyright.first-year annotation is used to tag an element as being the current year or the first year that a book was copyrighted. In a single year copyright, this annotation is used alone to…"
url: "https://www.stilo.com/docs/migrate/book/p-book-copyright-first-year/"
updated: "2023-12-04"
category: Annotations / Book, Map and Bookmap
tags:
  - Annotations
---

# p.book.copyright.first-year

## Syntax

**p.book.copyright.first-year**

 

## Purpose

The p.book.copyright.first-year annotation is used to tag an element as being the current year or the first year that a book was copyrighted. In a single year copyright, this annotation is used alone to indicate the year. In a multiple year copyright, this annotation is used to indicate the first year value. This annotation applies a tag which adds the element to the DITA bookmap’s metadata.

 

See p.book.copyright-last for more information.

## Examples

The following is an example of a time where you might want to use the p.book.copyright.first-year annotation:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.book_.copyright.last-year0-231x300.png)

*Note: the relevant paragraph has been marked in bold for this example. The paragraph is not bold in the source document.*

The following is an example of a rule that will apply p.book.copyright.first-year:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.book_.copyright.first-year1.png)

The following is the DITA XML output for the previous rule (relevant portion in bold):

 

<bookrights>

**<copyrfirst>**

**            <year>2023</year>**

**      </copyrfirst>**

<copyrlast>

<year>2028</year>

</copyrlast>

<bookowner>

<person>Jane M. Jensen</person>
 </bookowner>

</bookrights>

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