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| − | The AuthorMerge submission specifies how two author records should be merged. The submission contains three required tags: | + | ==Introduction== |
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| + | The AuthorMerge submission specifies how two author records should be merged. | ||
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| + | ==Required Tags== | ||
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| + | The submission contains three required tags: | ||
* '''KeepId''' - Required tag. Specifies which author record will be retained. | * '''KeepId''' - Required tag. Specifies which author record will be retained. | ||
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** '''PUBS''' - Only merges authors in the pub_authors and aspub_author tables. | ** '''PUBS''' - Only merges authors in the pub_authors and aspub_author tables. | ||
** '''ALL''' - Applies changes to all author mapping tables. | ** '''ALL''' - Applies changes to all author mapping tables. | ||
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| + | ==Optional Tags== | ||
The AuthorMerge submission also contains a number of optional tags. When a merging conflict occurs, these tags are used to specify which version of the data should be used: | The AuthorMerge submission also contains a number of optional tags. When a merging conflict occurs, these tags are used to specify which version of the data should be used: | ||
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* '''Imdb''' - Use when a conflict exists between IMDB URLs. | * '''Imdb''' - Use when a conflict exists between IMDB URLs. | ||
| − | Example | + | ==Example== |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 21 May 2008
Introduction
The AuthorMerge submission specifies how two author records should be merged.
Required Tags
The submission contains three required tags:
- KeepId - Required tag. Specifies which author record will be retained.
- DropId - Required tag. Specifies which author record will be dropped.
- Range - Required tag. Specifies the range of changes:
- TITLES - Only merges authors an the canonical_author table.
- PUBS - Only merges authors in the pub_authors and aspub_author tables.
- ALL - Applies changes to all author mapping tables.
Optional Tags
The AuthorMerge submission also contains a number of optional tags. When a merging conflict occurs, these tags are used to specify which version of the data should be used:
- Canonical - Use when a conflict exists between the canonical names.
- Legalname - Use when a conflict exists between the legal names.
- Birthplace - Use when a conflict exists between the birthplaces.
- Birthdate - Use when a conflict exists between the birthdates
- Deathdate - Use when a conflict exists between the deathdates.
- Wikipedia - Use when a conflict exists between Wikipedia URLs.
- Imdb - Use when a conflict exists between IMDB URLs.
Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<IsfdbSubmission>
<AuthorMerge>
<Submitter>Rkihara</Submitter>
<Subject>Elliott Dold/Elliott Dold</Subject>
<KeepId>71501</KeepId>
<DropId>84301</DropId>
<Range>ALL</Range>
<Legalname>84301</Legalname>
</AuthorMerge>
</IsfdbSubmission>