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Indicates issue, edition, revised edition or publication date details.

Issue: volume and/or number for articles in periodicals

Publication date details (month and often day): for The Daily and some series, where there is no 'issue' information

Edition: edition of books

Revision: revised edition of books

This information does not apply in all cases; for example, not all books have a revision or new edition.

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For publication date details, the year is not repeated if already mentioned as year of publication.

Use these formats:

Issue: Vol. X, no. Y.
Publication date details: July 28.
Edition: 5th edition.
Revision: Revised edition.

End Edition element with a period.