---
title: p.book.edition
description: "## Syntax **p.book.edition**   ## Purpose The p.book.edition annotation is used to tag an element as being the book’s edition number (e.g. 1st Edition, 1e, 1, etc). This annotation applies a tag which adds the element to the DITA bookmap’s…"
url: "https://www.stilo.com/docs/migrate/book/p-book-edition/"
updated: "2023-12-04"
category: Annotations / Book, Map and Bookmap
tags:
  - Annotations
---

# p.book.edition

## Syntax

**p.book.edition**

 

## Purpose

The p.book.edition annotation is used to tag an element as being the book’s edition number (e.g. 1st Edition, 1e, 1, etc). This annotation applies a tag which adds the element to the DITA bookmap’s metadata.

## Examples

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

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.book_.edition0.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.edition:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.book_.edition1-1024x88.png)

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

 

<bookid>

<edition>Fifth Edition</edition>

</bookid>

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