catalog.md

Catalog

"Multiple values" are delimited by semicolons (Value 1; Value 2).

Field	Required	Multiple values	Description	Format
id	✔	❌	Unique ID for this entry	B followed by any number of digits (no leading zero)
title	✔	✔ if the entry is multilingual	Full title of the work	Plain text, no HTML/RTF/Markdown. Subtitles delimited with full stops (.), or a colon (:) if appropriate
author	❌	✔	Any author(s) that would be cited	Not in reversed order, so "Firstname Lastname"
url	❌	❌	Info page, from the publisher or an archived copy (or a DOI URL, if available)	URL
fulltext_url	❌	✔ if neither URL is preferred	Full text, preferably HTML/PDF as opposed to viewer pages	URL
archive_url	❌	✔	Link to a copy of the full text page in the Internet Archive	URL
entry_type	✔	❌	print and cd take precedence over online in the case of archived copies.	One of print, online and cd.
date	❌	❌	Date of publication. Allows for date ranges	EDTF Level 0 and the feature "Open end time interval" of Level 1
publisher	❌	✔	Name of publisher(s), as it would be cited	Plain text, no place names
series	❌	❌	Main series that the entry is in (book series, journal, etc.)	Plain text
ISSN	❌	❌	Linking ISSN for the series	ISSN-L
ISBN	❌	✔ if for ISBN-10/ISBN-13	ISBN(s) of the entry.	ISBN of 13 or 10 digits, no grouping/hyphens
DOI	❌	❌	DOI of the entry	DOI, not the full URL
QID	❌	❌	Wikidata ID of the entry	QID
volume	❌	❌	The volume or series number	Often a number
issue	❌	❌	The issue	Often a number
pages	❌	❌	The number of pages, a page range, or an eprint page number	A single number, two numbers delimited by a hyphen (-), or any string respectively
edition	❌	❌	The edition or version number	Plain text
language	✔	✔	The language(s) in which a majority of the entry is written, not just the title and/or abstract	IETF BCP 47 language tag
license	❌	✔	The license or copyright information	An SPDX license identifier, <public domain>, or a very short comment between angle brackets (e.g. <CC-BY-NC-SA?>)
key_type	✔	✔	The types of resources within the entry	key, matrix, reference, gallery, checklist, supplement, collection (definitions)
taxon_scope	❌	✔	Any notes limiting the taxonomic scope of the resource	Plain text
scope	❌	✔	Any notes limiting the kind (life stage, caste, sex) of individuals that the resource can be used with	Plain text
taxon	✔	✔	The higher-level groups	Taxon names
region	✔	✔	The area for which the resource is intended to be used, or a smaller area if the resource is only complete for a part of that area	For realms just the name, for the entire world a hyphen (-), when unknown a question mark (?), otherwise Continent, Country, Region, Continent, Country, or Continent, whichever level of precision is applicable
complete	❌	❌	Whether the resources where thought to be complete at the time	TRUE or FALSE
target_taxa	❌	✔	To what level the key distinguishes, for example. Leave empty for collections etc.	Taxon ranks
listed_of	❌	✔	Entries that this entry is listed in	B followed by any number of digits (no leading zero)
part_of	❌	✔	Entries that this entry is correcting or part of	B followed by any number of digits (no leading zero)
version_of	❌	✔	Entries that this entry is a version of	B followed by any number of digits (no leading zero)
duplicate_of	❌	❌	Entry that this entry is a duplicate of	B followed by any number of digits (no leading zero)

Authors

"Multiple values" are delimited by semicolons (Value 1; Value 2).

Field	Required	Multiple values	Description	Format
name	✔	❌	The author name	Exactly as in the catalog
qid	❌	❌	Wikidata ID of the author	QID
main_full_name	❌	❌	The preferred name of the author, usually the author name as in the catalog but with initials expanded	Not in reversed order, so "Firstname Lastname"
full_names	❌	✔	Any other names used by the author	Not in reversed order, so "Firstname Lastname"

Publishers

"Multiple values" are delimited by semicolons (Value 1; Value 2).

Field	Required	Multiple values	Description	Format
name	✔	❌	The publisher name	Exactly as in the catalog
qid	❌	❌	Wikidata ID of the publisher	QID
full_name	❌	❌	The preferred name of the publisher, as used when citing
long_name	❌	✔	Any other names used by the publisher, including the full name

Places

"Multiple values" are delimited by semicolons (Value 1; Value 2).

Field	Required	Multiple values	Description	Format
name	✔	❌	The place name	Exactly as in the catalog
qid	❌	❌	Wikidata ID of the place	QID
display_name	❌	❌	The display name of the place	[Region], [Country], [Country], [Continent], [Realm] realm