XML:NewPub

Introduction

The NewPub submission generates new publication information for a single specific publication.

Optional Tags

The submission contains contains a number of optional tags. These tags should be used whenever the relevant data is available for a particular field. The following section describes the tags are supported in the metadata section. You should refer to Help:Screen:NewPub for more detailed information on data entry. The bold text in the description refers to specific labels found in the Help article:

Title - The Title of the publication.
Authors - The Author list associated with the publication. This XML tag will enclose:
- Author - There should be one Author entry for each individual who wrote or edited the publication.
Artists - The Artist list associated with the publication. This XML tag will enclose:
- Artist - There should be one Artist entry for each individual who wrote or edited the publication.
Year - The Year of publication. Uses the YYYY-MM-DD format.
Pages - The number of Pages in the publication.
Binding - The Pub Format of the publication.
PubType - The Pub Type type of the publication.
Isbn - The ISBN / Catalog # of the publication.
Price - The Price of the publication.
Language - One of the languages recognized by ISDFB. See the My Preference page for a list of currently recognized languages.
Image - The Image URL associated with the publication cover art.
Note - A Note specific to this publication.
ModNote - A note which will be reviewed by the approving moderator, but will not be included in the database upon approval.
Publisher - The Publisher of the publication.
PubSeries - The Publication series of the publication
PubSeriesNum - The Publication series number of the publication
Parent - This is the record number of the parent title used to auto-merge the publication with an existing title record.
Content - Additional content titles may be associated with the publication. Any number of the following content type entries are supported:
- ContentTitle - This is for normal content, such as short fiction or essays.
- ContentReview - This is a specialized format for reviews, which includes the author(s) writing the review and the author(s) who wrote the work being reviewed.
- ContentInterview - This is a specialized format for interviews, which includes the author(s) that conducted the interview and the author(s) who was interviewed.

ContentTitle

Refer to Help:Screen:NewPub#General_contents for detailed data-entry help:

cTitle - The name of the title.
cAuthors - The author(s) of the title. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
cDate - The date of the title.
cPage - The page the title appears on.
cType - The Entry Type of the title.
cLength - The Length of the title.

ContentReview

Refer to Help:Screen:NewPub#Reviews for detailed data-entry help:

cTitle - The name of the title.
cBookAuthors - The author(s) of the book being reviewed. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
cReviewers - The author(s) writing the review. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
cDate - The date of the review.
cPage - The page the review appears on.

ContentInterview

Refer to Help:Screen:NewPub#Interviews for detailed data-entry help:

cTitle - The name of the title.
cInterviewee - The author(s) conducting the interview. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
cInterviewer - The author(s) being interviewed. Note that multiple authors are separated with a +; they are not enclosed in separate XML tags.
cDate - The date of the interview.
cPage - The page the interview appears on.

Example

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
 <IsfdbSubmission>
   <NewPub>
   <Submitter>Ahasuerus</Submitter>
   <Subject>Sweet and Deadly</Subject>
   <Parent>185660</Parent>
   <Title>Sweet and Deadly</Title>
   <Year>1981-00-00</Year>
   <Publisher>Houghton Mifflin</Publisher>
   <Pages>179</Pages>
   <Binding>hc</Binding>
   <PubType>NOVEL</PubType>
   <Isbn>0395305322</Isbn>
   <Price>$8.95</Price>
   <Note>Data from OCLC record 6915310.</Note>
   <Authors>
     <Author>Charlaine Harris</Author>
   </Authors>
   <Content>
   </Content>
   </NewPub>
 </IsfdbSubmission>