A quick reference guide of metadata fields and values is available
in PDF format here.
Additionally, some of these metadata fields are made available
for use on the Advanced Search page. The metadata values can be
entered in the same format for the fields available on the Advanced
Search Page. How to Use Advanced
Search
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:lsa |
"lsa”
is used for List of CFR Sections Affected |
Government Author |
The names
of the Government organizations responsible for authoring
or assembling the document. |
governmentauthor: |
governmentauthor:"national
archives and records administration" |
|
Publication Date |
The date
the document was first made available to the public. |
publishdate: |
publishdate:2009-04-30 |
Date
format is YYYY-MM-DD |
Language |
The language
code of the original document, from the ISO639-2b standard. |
language: |
language:en |
|
SuDoc Class Number |
The SuDoc
class number from the U.S. Superintendent of Documents
which classifies Government publications by publishing
agency. |
sudocclass: |
sudocclass:"AE
2.106/2:" |
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:2009-06-01 |
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/LSA-2009-01/pdf/LSA-2009-01-title3.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 |
|
Record Origin |
How the
record was originally generated. Typically "machine
generated." |
recordorigin: |
recordorigin:"machine
generated" |
|
Citation |
The GPO
standard method for searching citation references from
the selected publication. |
citation: |
citation:"LSA,
January, 2012, Title 19" |
|
Title |
The title
of the publication. |
title: |
title:(historical
list) |
|
Title Number |
This
is the CFR title numbers found on the publication titles. |
titlenum: |
titlenum:3 |
Possible
Values:
1 through 50 |
Section |
The different
sections encountered in an LSA issue or compilation. |
section: |
section:frontmatter |
Possible
Values:
See Table below |
LSA Type |
The type
of LSA (List of CFR Sections Affected) document, either
one of the Monthly updates, or a multi-year compilation. |
lsatype: |
lsatype:lsamonthly |
Possible
Values:
See Table below |
Annual Compilation |
The CFR
titles included on the annual review. |
annualcompilation: |
annualcompilation:1
|
Possible
Values:
See Table below
|
The table below lists the metadata values which can be used
when limiting your search using the Section
advanced search field or the section:
field operator.
The table below lists the metadata values which can be used
when limiting your search using the LSA
Type advanced search field or the lsatype:
field operator.
The table below lists the metadata values which can be used
when limiting your search using the Annual
Compilation advanced search field or the annualcompilation:
field operator.
