XML:NewPub
Introduction
The NewPub submission generates new publication information for a single specific publication.
Optional Tags
The submission contains contains a number of optional tags. These tags should be used whenever the relevant data is available for a particular field. The following section describes the tags are supported in the metadata section. You should refer to Help:Screen:NewPub for more detailed information on data entry. The bold text in the description refers to specific labels found in the Help article:
- Title - The Title of the publication.
- Authors - The Author list associated with the publication. This XML tag will enclose:
- Author - There should be one Author entry for each individual who wrote or edited the publication.
- Artists - The Artist list associated with the publication. This XML tag will enclose:
- Artist - There should be one Artist entry for each individual who wrote or edited the publication.
- Year - The Year of publication. Uses the YYYY-MM-DD format.
- Pages - The number of Pages in the publication.
- Binding - The Pub Format of the publication.
- PubType - The Pub Type type of the publication.
- Isbn - The ISBN / Catalog # of the publication.
- Price - The Price of the publication.
- Language - One of the languages recognized by ISDFB. See the My Preference page for a list of currently recognized languages.
- Image - The Image URL associated with the publication cover art.
- Note - A Note specific to this publication.
- ModNote - A note which will be reviewed by the approving moderator, but will not be included in the database upon approval.
- Publisher - The Publisher of the publication.
- Parent - This is the record number of the parent title used to auto-merge the publication with an existing title record.
- Content - Additional content titles may be associated with the publication. Any number of the following content type entries are supported:
- ContentTitle - This is for normal content, such as short fiction or essays.
- ContentReview - This is a specialized format for reviews, which includes the author(s) writing the review and the author(s) who wrote the work being reviewed.
- ContentInterview - This is a specialized format for interviews, which includes the author(s) that conducted the interview and the author(s) who was interviewed.
ContentTitle
Refer to Help:Screen:NewPub#General_contents for detailed data-entry help:
- cTitle - The name of the title.
- cAuthors - The author(s) of the title. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
- cDate - The date of the title.
- cPage - The page the title appears on.
- cType - The Entry Type of the title.
- cLength - The Length of the title.
ContentReview
Refer to Help:Screen:NewPub#Reviews for detailed data-entry help:
- cTitle - The name of the title.
- cBookAuthors - The author(s) of the book being reviewed. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
- cReviewers - The author(s) writing the review. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
- cDate - The date of the review.
- cPage - The page the review appears on.
ContentInterview
Refer to Help:Screen:NewPub#Interviews for detailed data-entry help:
- cTitle - The name of the title.
- cInterviewee - The author(s) conducting the interview. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
- cInterviewer - The author(s) being interviewed. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
- cDate - The date of the interview.
- cPage - The page the interview appears on.
Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<IsfdbSubmission>
<NewPub>
<Submitter>Ahasuerus</Submitter>
<Subject>Sweet and Deadly</Subject>
<Parent>185660</Parent>
<Title>Sweet and Deadly</Title>
<Year>1981-00-00</Year>
<Publisher>Houghton Mifflin</Publisher>
<Pages>179</Pages>
<Binding>hc</Binding>
<PubType>NOVEL</PubType>
<Isbn>0395305322</Isbn>
<Price>$8.95</Price>
<Note>Data from OCLC record 6915310.</Note>
<Authors>
<Author>Charlaine Harris</Author>
</Authors>
<Content>
</Content>
</NewPub>
</IsfdbSubmission>