###### 3.2.5.1.15 colophon

The <colophon> element references a topic describing how this document was created. In publishing, a colophon describes details of the production of a book. This information generally includes the typefaces used, and often the names of their designers; the paper, ink and details of the binding materials and methods may also receive mention. In the case of technical books, a colophon may specify the software used to prepare the text and diagrams for publication. The colophon may appear in the frontmatter or backmatter.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
bookmap, learningBookmap | no content

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
bookmap, learningBookmap | frontmatter, backmatter

###### Inheritance

- map/topicref bookmap/colophon

###### Example

    <bookmap>
      <title>Sample book</title>
      <!-- ... -->
      <backmatter>
        <colophon href="ProdNot.dita" navtitle="Production Notes"/>
      </backmatter>
    </bookmap>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
navtitle | Specifies the title of the topic as it will appear in the navigation or tables of contents that are generated from the map. Beginning with DITA 1.2, the preferred way to specify the navigation title in a map is with the navtitle element, available inside the topicmeta element. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No
href | A pointer to the resource represented by the <topicref>. See 3.4.2.1 The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the format attribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No
copy-to | Use the copy-to attribute on the <topicref> element to provide a different file name for a particular instance of the topic in the map (for example, to separate out the different versions of the topic, rather than combining them on output). The links and navigation associated with that instance will point to a copy of the topic with the file name you specified. Use the < linktext> and <shortdesc> in the <topicref>'s <topicmeta> to provide a unique name and short description for the new copy. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No
topicref-atts attribute group (collection-type, processing-role, type, scope, locktitle, format, linking, toc, print, search, chunk) | A set of related attributes. See 3.4.1.8 topicref-atts, topicref-atts-no-toc, and topicref-atts-without-format attribute groups. |  |  |
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass, keyref | Class and outputclass are described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Parent Topic: 3.2.5.1 Bookmap content elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.5.1.1 bookmap

3.2.5.1.2 abbrevlist

3.2.5.1.3 amendments

3.2.5.1.4 appendices

3.2.5.1.5 appendix

3.2.5.1.6 backmatter

3.2.5.1.7 bibliolist

3.2.5.1.8 bookabstract

3.2.5.1.9 booklibrary

3.2.5.1.10 booklist

3.2.5.1.11 booklists

3.2.5.1.12 booktitle

3.2.5.1.13 booktitlealt

3.2.5.1.14 chapter

3.2.5.1.16 dedication

3.2.5.1.17 draftintro

3.2.5.1.18 figurelist

3.2.5.1.19 frontmatter

3.2.5.1.20 glossarylist

3.2.5.1.21 indexlist

3.2.5.1.22 mainbooktitle

3.2.5.1.23 notices

3.2.5.1.24 part

3.2.5.1.25 preface

3.2.5.1.26 tablelist

3.2.5.1.27 toc

3.2.5.1.28 trademarklist