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The AuthorMerge submission specifies how two author records should be merged. The submission contains three required tags:
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==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.
 
* '''DropId''' - Required tag. Specifies which author record will be dropped.
 
* '''DropId''' - Required tag. Specifies which author record will be dropped.
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* '''Range''' - Required tag. Specifies the range of changes:
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** '''TITLES''' - Only merges authors an the canonical_author table.
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==Optional Tags==
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** '''PUBS''' - Only merges authors in the pub_authors and aspub_author tables.
 
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** '''ALL''' -  Applies changes to all author mapping tables.
 
  
 
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.
  
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Example:
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==Example==
  
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<source lang="xml">
 
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
 
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
 
  <IsfdbSubmission>
 
  <IsfdbSubmission>
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   </AuthorMerge>
 
   </AuthorMerge>
 
  </IsfdbSubmission>
 
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</source>
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[[Category:Data Submission Formats|AuthorMerge]]

Latest revision as of 18:53, 13 February 2014

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.

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>
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