---
title: p.book.person.number
description: "## Syntax **p.book.person.number**   ## Purpose The p.book.person.number annotation is used to tag an element as being a person’s personal or professional phone and/or fax number. This annotation applies a tag which adds the element to the DITA bookmap’s metadata.…"
url: "https://www.stilo.com/docs/migrate/book/p-book-person-number/"
updated: "2023-12-04"
category: Annotations / Book, Map and Bookmap
tags:
  - Annotations
---

# p.book.person.number

## Syntax

**p.book.person.number**

 

## Purpose

The p.book.person.number annotation is used to tag an element as being a person’s personal or professional phone and/or fax number. 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.person.number annotation:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.book_.person.number0.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 time where you might want to use the p.book.author:

![](https://www.stilo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/stilo-dita-xml-annotation-p.book_.person.number1.png)

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

 

<contactnumbers>

<contactnumber>613-555-5555</contactnumber>

</contactnumbers>

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