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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:cri
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"cri” is used for Congressional Record Index
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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:congress
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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:2005-05-07
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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:"X 1.1/A:"
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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/CRI-1989/html/CRI-1989-ADAMS-PAUL-A.htm"
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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:"u.s. government printing office"
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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:legislative
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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 or document.
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title:
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title:health
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Congress Number
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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. Currently, GPO has data starting with the 101st congress for some collections. Check the collection browse page for more details on how much data is available for each individual collection.
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congress:
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congress:110
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Session Number
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Session of Congress. Each Congress is divided into two yearly sessions. So, the "1st session" will be the first year that a particular congress (for example, the 110th congress) is in session.
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session:
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session:2
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Possible Values:
1
2
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Volume
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The volume number of the publication to which the document belongs.
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volume:
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volume:155
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Congressional Bills Citation
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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".
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billscitation:
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billscitation:"S. Res. 99"
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Congressional Report Citation
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Citation references to Congressional Reports. For example, "H. Rept. 110-32".
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crptcitation:
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cprtcitation:"H. Rept. 110-32"
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Congress Member
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Congress member name. For example, "Barbara A. Mikulski" or simply "Mikulski".
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member:
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member:mikulski
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Congressional Committee
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Congressional committee name. For example, "Committee on Foreign Relations".
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committee:
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committee:"foreign relations"
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