Bibliographic fields
This page documents every field available for bibliographic cataloguing in Librario.
General fields
Basic data
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Title | The main title of the publication | Text |
| Subtitle | An optional subtitle that supplements the main title | Text |
| Language | The main language of the publication. It matters for correct text processing and search | Selected from a list of languages (stored as an ISO 639-3 code, e.g. “deu”) |
| Publication date | The date of publication, optionally as a year or a year and month only | YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2024, 2024-03 or 2024-03-15) |
| Publication type | The basic kind of publication. It decides which other fields are available | Choice, see Publication types |
People and organisations involved
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Authors | One or more people who wrote the content | Type a name; Librario suggests existing people and creates new ones |
| Editors | One or more people who edited the publication | Type a name; Librario suggests existing people and creates new ones |
| Organisation | The responsible organisation (e.g. a research institute or a public authority) | Type a name; Librario suggests existing organisations and creates new ones |
Publication details
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | The name of the publishing house | Text |
| Address | The place of publication | Text |
| Edition | The number or name of the edition | Text |
| Pages | The number of pages or the page range | Text (e.g. “242” or “123-145”) |
Identifiers
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| ISBN | The International Standard Book Number | ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 |
| DOI | The Digital Object Identifier | e.g. 10.1234/abc123 |
| ISSN | The International Standard Serial Number for journals | e.g. 2049-3630 |
| PubMed ID (PMID) | The identification number in the PubMed database | Numeric |
| arXiv ID | The arXiv identifier of a preprint. Librario removes a leading arXiv: automatically |
e.g. 2103.00020 |
| Identifier | Any identifiers or designations. You can add several. For a standard, this is usually its designation, e.g. “DIN 10451:1983-03” | Text (several entries possible) |
Further bibliographic details
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Journal | For articles, the name of the journal | Text |
| Volume | The volume number | Text |
| Number | The issue number of a journal, or the number within a series | Text |
| Series | The name of the series the book belongs to | Text |
| Parent publication | A link to a parent publication | Selected from existing publications |
| Original title | A shared title that groups different publications (e.g. different editions or translations of the same work) | Text; Librario suggests original titles already in use |
Subject indexing
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract | A summary or description of the content | Markdown |
| Keywords | Terms under which this publication should be found | Keywords, separated by semicolons |
| Categories | Subject classification for filtering search results | Type a category; Librario suggests existing ones and creates new ones |
Additional details
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| URL | A link to the online version of the publication | Valid URL |
| Notes | Remarks on the publication, visible to everyone on its detail page | Markdown |
Special fields for standards
Librario also shows these fields when you choose the publication type Standard:
| Field | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Status | The current status of the standard | Choice: Active, Withdrawn |
| Kind | The kind of standard | Choice: Normal, Draft, Amendment, Other |
| Predecessors | Earlier versions of this standard | Text (several standard designations possible) |
| Successors | Later versions of this standard | Text (several standard designations possible) |