XML:PubUpdate

Introduction

The PubUpdate submission updates publication information for a single specific publication.

Required Tags

The submission contains one required tag:

• Record - Required tag. Specifies which publication record to update. Note that this is the Publication Record Number rather than a Publication Tag String.

Optional Tags

The PubUpdate submission also contains a number of optional tags. These tags should be used whenever an update is made to a particular field. If a particular field is unchaged, it should not be included in the submission. If a field value needs to be deleted, the tag should be included, but the value should be empty. The following section describes the tags are supported in the metadata section. You should refer to Help:Screen:EditPub 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 using 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.
• Image - The Image URL associated with the publication cover art.
• Note - A Note specific to this publication.
• Publisher - The Publisher of the publication.
• PubSeries - The Publication series of the publication
• PubSeriesNum - The Publication series number of the publication
• Content - Some amount of content may be associated with the publication. Only those titles undergoing change should be included in this section. If no titles are modified, the Content section must be present, although it will be empty. Any number of the following content type entries are supported:
  • ContentTitle - This is for normal content, such as short stories or essays.
  • ContentReview - This is a specialized format for reviews, taking into account the author writing the review, and the author who wrote the work being reviewed.
  • ContentInterview - This is a specialized format for interviews, taking into account the author that conducted the interview, and the author who was interviewed.

ContentTitle

• Record - The record number of the title. If this tag is not included, then the title is considered new.
• 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.

Refer to Help:Screen:EditPub#Regular_Titles for detailed information on the values supported for each field.

ContentReview

Refer to Help:Screen:EditPub#Reviews for detailed data-entry help:

• Record - The record number of the title. If missing the review is considered new.
• 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:EditPub#Interviews for detailed data-entry help:

• Record - The record number of the title. If missing the interview is considered new.
• 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>
   <PubUpdate>
     <Record>56773</Record>
     <Submitter>Davecat</Submitter>
     <Subject>Analog Science Fact -&gt; Science Fiction, September 1962</Subject>
     <Note>Vol. LXX, No. 1.</Note>
     <Content>
       <ContentTitle>
         <Record>772165</Record>
         <cTitle>Hugos and Others</cTitle>
         <cAuthors>The Editor</cAuthors>
       </ContentTitle>
       <ContentTitle>
         <Record>54317</Record>
         <cLength>ss</cLength>
       </ContentTitle>
       <ContentReview>
         <cTitle>The Sixth Galaxy Reader</cTitle>
         <cBookAuthors>H. L. Gold</cBookAuthors>
         <cReviewers>P. Schuyler Miller</cReviewers>
         <cDate>1962-09-00</cDate>
         <cPage>152</cPage>
       </ContentReview>
       <ContentInterview>
         <cTitle>Dan Simmons Interview</cTitle>
         <cInterviewees>Dan Simmons</cInterviewees>
         <cInterviewers>Bob Morrish</cInterviewers>
         <cDate>1990-00-00</cDate>
       </ContentInterview>
     </Content>
   </PubUpdate>
 </IsfdbSubmission>