A short free-text description of a version or edition. Optional, and repeatable if parallel text is provided in multiple languages. The language attribute is optional for a single instance of <EditionStatement>, but must be included in each instance if <EditionStatement> is repeated. When used, an <EditionStatement> must be complete in itself, ie it should not be treated as merely supplementary to an <EditionType> or an <EditionNumber>, nor as a replacement for them. Appropriate edition type and number must also be sent, for indexing and retrieval. An <EditionStatement> should be strictly limited to describing features of the content of the edition, and should not include aspects such as rights or market restrictions which are properly covered elsewhere in the ONIX record.