Code of Federal Regulations Metadata Fields and Values

Metadata Field Display Name

Metadata Field Definition

Field Operator

Field Operator Example

Notes

Collection

The collection to which the document belongs. Typically the same as the publication or series.

collection:

collection:cfr

"cfr" is used for the Code of Federal Regulations

Government Author

The names of the Government organizations responsible for authoring or assembling the document.

governmentauthor:

governmentauthor:"federal register office"

Publication Date

The date the document was first made available to the public.

publishdate:

publishdate:2008-01-01

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Language

The language code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard.

language:

language:en

eng

Former Package ID

The document ID of the "package" as originally specified on www.gpoaccess.gov.

mods:identifier:(@type:"former package identifier":______)

mods:identifier:(@type:"former package identifier":7CFR701.1)

SuDoc Class Number

The SuDoc class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents which classifies Government publications by publishing agency.

sudocclass:

sudocclass:"AE 2.106/3:"

The SuDoc Class Numbers in FDsys are  at the class stem level, not the book number level.

Ingestion Date

The date the document was ingested into the FDsys preservation repository.

ingestdate:

ingestdate:2009-08-15

Date format is YYYY-MM-DD

Electronic Location (URL)

The URL where the document or the document in context (the content detail page) is located.

url:

url:"http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2008-title7-vol7/pdf/CFR-2008-title7-vol7.pdf"

Publisher

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.

publisher:

publisher:"Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration"

Branch

The branch of Government responsible for the document's contents.

branch:

branch:executive

Possible Values:

Executive

Legislative

Judicial

Type of Resource

The media type for the document, typically "text". Defined as part of the Library of Congress MODS standard.

typeofresource:

typeofresource:text

WAIS Database Name

The name of the WAIS database to which the document belonged in the former GPO Access system.

waisdbname:

waisdbname:2008_cfr_7v7

Record Origin

How the record was originally generated. Typically "machine generated."

recordorigin:

recordorigin:"machine generated"

Title

The title of the publication.

title:

title:"agriculture"

CFR Title Number

CFR Title Number, an integer number from 1 to 50.

cfrtitlenum:

cfrtitlenum:7

CFR Part Number

CFR part number, an integer number of the part within the title.

cfrpartnum:

cfrpartnum:1951

CFR Section Number

The CFR section number, a number like "132.3".

cfrsectionnum:

cfrsectionnum:94.1

Heading

Search for the heading, for example "part 2", "subpart I", “chapter 9”, or "errata".

heading:

heading:"part 2"

CFR Subject Group

The subject group for the sections, typically used for very large parts, such as the Internal Revenue part on income taxes.

cfrsubject:

cfrsubject:"income tax"

CFR Citation

Citation references to the Code of Federal Regulations. Examples include "40 CFR 32", "40 CFR 32.132" or "40 CFR Chapter II".

cfrcitation:

cfrcitation:"40 CFR 32"

CFR Part Heading

cfrpartheading:

cfrpartheading:"part 2"

CFR Part Title

cfrparttitle:

cfrparttitle:"capital construction fund"

CFR SubPart Heading

cfrsubpartheading:

cfrsubpartheading:"subpart b"

CFR SubPart Title

cfrsubparttitle:

cfrsubparttitle:"registration of pilots"

CFR Chapter Heading

cfrchapterheading:

cfrchapterheading:"chapter 2"

CFR Chapter Title

cfrchaptertitle:

cfrchaptertitle:"rural housing service"

CFR Appendix Heading

cfrappheading:

cfrappheading:"appendix a"

CFR Appendix Title

cfrapptitle:

cfrapptitle:"alternate foods for meals"

Book Contents Statement

cfrbookcontents:

cfrbookcontents:"parts 1 to 199"

CFR Authority

cfrauthority:

cfrauthority:"44 U.S.C. Ch. 35"

CFR Source

cfrsource:

cfrsource:"38 FR 25170"

CFR Cross Reference

cfrxref:

cfrxref:"42 CFR 110"

CFR Editorial Notes

cfreditorial:

cfreditorial:"70 FR 57994"

CFR Citation Text:

cfrcitatinotext:

cfrcitationtext:"60 FR 13895, Mar. 15, 1995, as amended at 69 FR 42100, July 14, 2004"

Citation

The GPO standard method for searching citation references from the selected publication.

citation:

citation:"9 CFR 2.2"

Congressional Bills Citation

Citation references to Congressional Bills. Examples include, "H.R. 99", "S. 99" "H.J. Res. 99", "S.J. Res. 99", "H. Con. Res. 99", "S. Con. Res. 99", "H. Res. 99" or "S. Res. 99".

billscitation:

billscitation:"h.r. 1"

Congressional Report Citation

Citation references to Congressional Reports. For example, "H. Rept. 110-32".

crptcitation:

crptcitation:"h. rept. 110-32"

Public and Private Law Citation

Citation references to Public or Private Laws. For example, "Public Law 110-32" or "Private Law 110-3".

plawcitation:

plawcitation:"public law 95-507"

United States Code Citation

Citation references to the United States Code. For example, "42 U.S.C. 5841" or "42 U.S.C. App. 99"

uscodecitation:

uscodecitation:"42 U.S.C. 3121"

Statutes at Large Citation

Citation references to Statutes at Large. For example, "88 Stat. 1242".

statutecitation:

statutecitation:"32 Stat. 51"

Federal Register Citation

Reference to the Federal Register, in standard citation format. For example, "13 FR 17661".

frcitation:

frcitation:"13 FR 17661"

Reference Citation

Reference to another document within the text of a document.

refcitation:

refcitation:"42 U.S.C. 3121"