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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:ccal |
"ccal”
is used for Calendars |
Government Author |
The names
of the Government organizations responsible for authoring
or assembling the document. |
governmentauthor: |
governmentauthor:senate |
|
Publication Date |
The date
the document was first made available to the public. |
publishdate: |
publishdate:2006-09-30 |
Date
format is YYYY-MM-DD |
Language |
The language
code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard. |
language: |
language:en |
|
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":"f:hc11.txt") |
|
SuDoc Class Number |
The SuDoc
class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents
which classifies Government publications by publishing
agency. |
sudocclass: |
sudocclass:"Y
1.2/2:" |
Y 1.2/2:
for house
Y 1.3/3: for senate
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:2009-01-12 |
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/CCAL-110hcal/pdf/CCAL-110hcal-pt1.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:"u.s.
government printing office" |
|
Branch |
The branch
of Government responsible for the document's contents. |
branch: |
branch:legislative |
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:110_senate_calendar |
|
Record Origin |
How the
record was originally generated. Typically "machine
generated." |
recordorigin: |
recordorigin:"machine
generated" |
|
Title |
The title
of the document or article as published. For serials,
will contain the name of the larger publication (for example
"Federal Register") as well as the name of the
individual article (for example, "Consolidation of
the Fruit Fly Regulations"). |
title: |
title:"bills
in conference" |
|
Congress Number |
The number
of the Congress responsible for the document. Congresses
last for two years, so for example, the 110th Congress
was in session from 2007 through 2008. |
congress: |
congress:109 |
|
Congress Session |
The session
of congress which produced the calendar. |
session: |
session:2 |
Possible
Values:
1
2 |
Chamber of Congress |
The chamber
of congress who produced the calendar. |
chamber: |
chamber:senate |
Possible
Values:
house
senate |
Calendar Edition |
The edition
of the calendar. |
edition: |
edition:final |
Possible
Values:
final
interim
daily |
Calendar Section |
The type
of section the calendar granule represents. For example,
"Union Calendar" or "Bills Through Conference". |
ccalsection: |
ccalsection:("Unanimous
Consent Agreements") |
|
Citation |
The GPO
standard method for searching citation references from
the selected publication. |
citation: |
citation:"Private
Calendar No. 1" |
|
Bill Number Citation |
Reference
to a bill number within the text of the calendar. For
example, "H.R. 132" or "H. Con. Res. 132". |
billscitation: |
billscitation:"h.r.
1234" |
|
Congressional Report Citation |
Reference
to a congressional report within the text of the calendar.
For example, "H. Rept. 110-32". |
crptcitation: |
crptcitation:110-32 |
|
Calendar Number Citation |
Reference
to a calendar number within the text of the calendar.
For example, "Union Calendar No. 132". |
ccalcitation:
|
ccalcitation:"Private
Calendar No. 1" |
|
Reference Citation |
Reference
to another document within the text of a document. |
refcitation: |
refcitation:"H.R.
1" |
|
