TDWG PublicationCitation LSID Ontology
Roger Hyam
TDWG Biodiversity Information Standards
2006-12-06
2015-07-01
Ontology describing the metadata returned for LSIDs that are used for
publication citations.
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This ontology is based on a combination of suggestions
from TaxMLit, TaxonX and a draft 0.95 of TCS which was, in turn based on Rich Pyle's
Taxonomer data model which was inspired by Endnote 7.
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This ontology is no longer under development and is no longer recommended for use. See https://github.com/tdwg/ontology for information about recommended replacements.
Publication Citation
A publication citation is a reference to a publication. It is an attempt to
uniquely identify a point or region within bibliographic space.
Publication Type
The type of publication
Authorship
The authors of the publication as a string. May include initials etc.
Author Team
A breakdown of the authors of this publication including.
Year
The year of publication
Title
The title of the publication
Parent Publication String
A string representing the parent publication. In the case of a journal article
this is the journal. For a book it may be the book series. For a manuscript or audiovisual
material it may be the collection. Details of this parent publication may be given in the
parentPublication property. It is recommended that even if the parentPublication property
is provided this property is still populated for clients that may not process linked or
embedded objects.
Parent Publication
The publication in which this publication is embedded. For a journal article
this would be the journal. It is recommended that even if this property is populated the
parentPublicationString is also populated as it will be understood by less able clients.
Short Title
The prefered short or abbreviated title of the publication.
Alternate Title
Alternative title for the publication. Also known as. Could be repeated for
multiple abbreviations.
Publisher
The name of the publisher of the publication.
Place Published
The geographical place of publication. Typically the city and or country names.
Volume
The volume number as a string.
numberOfVolumes
The number of volumes in the publications.
number
The part number within a publication e.g. 4(2):123 means Volume 4, number 3, p.
123 or a serial number as in the case of magazines which are often numbered by issue.
pages
The page spread of the publication. May be a single page or a range.
Section
Some publications are split into sections. This can be signified here.
Edition
The edition of the publication.
Date Published
The date of publication.
Start Date
The starting date of the publication.
End Date
The end date of the publication.
ISBN
International Standard Book Number.
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number.
DOI
The Digital Object Identifier for the publication.
Reprint Edition
Reprint Edition
Figures
Figures
URL
URL
Publication Citation
Generic
Generic
A generic publication.
Artwork
Artwork
An Artwork type publication.
Audiovisual Material
Audiovisual Material
A Audiovisual Material type publication.
Book
Book
A Book type publication.
Book Section
Book Section
A Book Section type publication.
Book Series
Book Series
A Book Series type publication.
Computer Program
Computer Program
A Computer Program type publication.
Conference Proceedings
Conference Proceedings
A Conference Proceedings type publication.
Edited Book
Edited Book
A Edited Book type publication.
Journal
Journal
A Journal type publication.
Journal Article
Journal Article
A Journal Article type publication.
Magazine Article
Magazine Article
A Magazine Article type publication.
Map
Map
A Map type publication.
Newspaper Article
Newspaper Article
A Newspaper Article type publication.
Patent
Patent
A Patent type publication.
Report
Report
A Report type publication.
Thesis
Thesis
A Thesis type publication.
Communication
Communication
A Communication type publication.
Sub-Reference
Sub-Reference
A Sub-Reference type publication.
Determination
Determination
A Determination type publication.
Commentary
Commentary
A Commentary type publication.
Web Page
Web Page
A Web Page type publication.