Examples are adapted from ISO 690 and ISO 690-2 standards. Elements marked with * are optional, + marks mandatory elements for online documents and optional for others.

Element Example Primary responsibility (of contribution) MCCONNELL, W. H. Title (of contribution) Constitutional History Primary responsibility of host document— (not in this example) Title of host document The Canadian Encyclopedia Type of medium [CD-ROM] *Subordinate responsibility of host document— (not in this example) Edition Macintosh version 1.1 Place of publication Toronto Publisher McClelland & Stewart Date of publication c1993 Date of update/revision— (not in this example) +Date of citation— (not in this example) *Numeration within host document— (not in this example) Location within host document— (not in this example) *Notes— (not in this example) +Availability and access— (not in this example) Standard number ISBN 0-7710-1932-7 Markup: Output according to ISO 690 standard: MCCONNELL, W. H. Constitutional History. In The Canadian Encyclopedia [CD-ROM]. Macintosh version 1.1. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c1993. ISBN 0-7710-1932-7. DocBook xslTNG output: