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Metadata Field Display Name
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Metadata Field Definition
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Field Operator
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Field Operator Example
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Notes
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Collection
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The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or series.
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collection:
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collection:budget
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"budget” is used for Budget of the United States Government
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Government Author
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The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the document.
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governmentauthor:
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governmentauthor:"office of management and budget"
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Publication Date
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The date the document was first made available to the public.
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publishdate:
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publishdate:2009-02-26
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Date format is YYYY-MM-DD
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Language
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The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.
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language:
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language:en
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SuDoc Class Number
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The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government publications by publishing agency.
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sudocclass:
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sudocclass:"PREX 2.8:"
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The SuDoc Class Numbers in FDsys are at the class stem level, not the book number level.
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Ingestion Date
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The date the document was ingested into the FDsys preservation repository.
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ingestdate:
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ingestdate:2009-04-21
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Date format is YYYY-MM-DD
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Electronic Location (URL)
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The URL where the document or the document in context (the content detail page) is located.
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url:
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url:"http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
pkg/BUDGET-2010-BUD/pdf/BUDGET-2010-BUD.pdf"
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Publisher
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The government organization who publishes the document or publication. Not typically the Government Printing Office (who serves as the printer and distributor), except in the case of Congressional publications.
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publisher:
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publisher:"office of management and budget"
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Branch
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The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.
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branch:
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branch:executive
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Possible Values:
executive
legislative judicial
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Type of Resource
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The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress MODS standard.
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typeofresource:
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typeofresource:text
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Record Origin
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How the record was originally generated. Typically "machine generated."
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recordorigin:
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recordorigin:"machine generated"
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Title
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The title of the publication.
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title:
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title:appendix
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President
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The full and official name of the president who issued the presidential document, for example "Barack H. Obama" or "George W. Bush".
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president:
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president:obama
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President's Party
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The party to which the president belongs, either "democratic", "republican", or "independent".
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presidentparty:
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presidentparty:democratic
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Possible Values:
democratic
republican
independent
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Fiscal Year
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For the Federal Government, the year beginning on October 1 and ending on September 30.
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fiscalyear:
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fiscalyear:2010
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Agencies
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Federal agencies or organizations listed in the publication.
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agency:
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agency:"department of labor"
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