Module Documentation: eml-literature
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The eml-literature module contains information that describes literature resources. It is intended to provide overview information about the literature citation, including title, abstract, keywords, and contacts.

Element Definitions:

citation
  Tooltip: Literature Citation  
  Summary: Information describing a literature resource.  
  Description: The literature element contains general information about a literature resource that is being documented, or a piece of literature that is being cited in support of a given resource, such as a dataset. It contains subelements that are specific to a literature resource such as a book, a journal article, a thesis, etc. It extends the generic resource elements with literature specific fields.  
  Example: Please see the examples within the subelements for this type.  
ISBN
  Tooltip: International Standard Book Number  
  Summary: The unique Internation Standard Book Number  
  Description: The ISBN, or International Standard Book Number that has been assigned to this literature resource.  
  Example: ISBN 1-861003-11-0  
ISSN
  Tooltip: International Standard Serial Number  
  Summary: The unique Internation Standard Serial Number  
  Description: The ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number that has been assigned to this literature resource.  
  Example: ISSN 1234-5679  
article
  Tooltip: Journal article 
  Summary: Information for full citation of a journal article  
  Description: The article field provides sub-fields for a full citation of a journal article. These fields include the journal name, its volume number, the issue, and the page range for the article. 
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples  
book
  Tooltip: Book 
  Summary: Information for full citation of a book  
  Description: The book field provides sub-fields for a full citation of a book. The sub-fields include the volume, the edition, the total pages, the total figures, and the total tables.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fiels for specific examples.  
chapter
  Tooltip: Chapter within a book 
  Summary: Information for full citation of a single chapter within an edited book.  
  Description: The citation field provides sub-fields for a full citation of a particular chapter in a book. The fields include the book title, the book editor, the publisher, volume, edition, chapter number, and page ranges.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
manuscript
  Tooltip: unpublished manuscipt 
  Summary: Information about an unpublished manuscript  
  Description: The manuscript field provides sub-fields for a full citation of an unpublished manuscript. The two main fields include the the publication information, and the location of the manuscript. The publication information allows for referencing the party that created the manuscript and all of the contact information.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
report
  Tooltip: Report 
  Summary: Information about a report published by an institution for in-house purposes. They usually are available by request to the institution.  
  Description: The report field provides nformation about a report published by an institution for in-house purposes. They usually are available by request to the institution. It provides sub-fields for the institution's contact information, as well as the report number.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
thesis
  Tooltip: Thesis as part of a degree 
  Summary: Information about a thesis that has been written as part of a degree requirement and is frequently published in small numbers by the degree awarding institution.  
  Description: Information about a thesis that has been written as part of a degree requirement and is frequently published in small numbers by the degree awarding institution. It provides sub-fields for the degree obtained, the contact information, the degree institution, and the total number of pages.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
journal
  Tooltip: Journal Name 
  Summary: The name of the journal in which the article was published.  
  Description: The journal field is for the name of the peer-reviewed journal that has published the article that is being documented.  
  Example: "Ecology"  
volume
  Tooltip: Journal Volume 
  Summary: The volume of the journal in which the article appears  
  Description: The volume field is used to describe the volume of the journal in which the article appears.  
  Example: "Volume I"  
issue
  Tooltip: Journal issue 
  Summary: The issue of the journal in which the article appears  
  Description: The issue field is used to describe the issue of the journal in which the article appears.  
  Example: "November 2001"  
pageRange
  Tooltip: Journal Pages 
  Summary: The beginning and end page numbers of the journal article  
  Description: The page range field is used for the beginning and ending pages of the journal article that is being documented.  
  Example: "115-122"  
edition
  Tooltip: Book edition 
  Summary: The edition of the book being described.  
  Description: The edition field is to document the edition of the book that is being described.  
  Example: "Second Edition"  
totalPages
  Tooltip: Total book pages 
  Summary: The total number of pages in the book.  
  Description: The total pages field is used to describe the total number of pages in the book that is being described.  
  Example: "628"  
totalFigures
  Tooltip: Number of figures in book 
  Summary: The total number of figures in the book.  
  Description: the total figures field is used to describe the total number of figures, diagrams, and plates in the book that is being documented.  
  Example: "45"  
totalTables
  Tooltip: Number of tables in book 
  Summary: The total number of tables in a book.  
  Description: The total tables field is used to describe the total number of tables that are present in the book that is being documented.  
  Example: "10"  
volume
  Tooltip: Book volume 
  Summary: The volume of the book that is part of a series.  
  Description: The volume field is used to describe the volume number of a book that is part of a multi-volume series of books.  
  Example: "Volume 2"  
chapterNumber
  Tooltip: Chapter number 
  Summary: The chapter number of interest within a book  
  Description: The chapter number of the chapter of a book that is being described.  
  Example: "7"  
bookEditor
  Tooltip: Book editor 
  Summary: The name of the editor of the book.  
  Description: The book editor field is used to document the name of the editor of the book that is being described. The editor may be a person, organization, or a role within an organization.  
  Example: "Tom Christiansen", "Institute of Marine Science", "Publication Manager"  
bookTitle
  Tooltip: Book title 
  Summary: The title of the book.  
  Description: The book title field is used to document the title of the book that is being described.  
  Example: "War and Peace"  
publisher
  Tooltip: Publishing company 
  Summary: The name of the book publisher.  
  Description: The publisher field is used to document the name of the publishing company that published the book that is being described.  
  Example: "Univesity of California Press"  
pageRange
  Tooltip: Chapter page range 
  Summary: The beginning and ending page numbers of a chapter.  
  Description: The page range field is used to document the beginning and ending pages of a chapter in a book.  
  Example: "25-122"  
edition
  Tooltip: Book edition 
  Summary: The edition of the book.  
  Description: The edition field is used to document the edition of the book being described.  
  Example: "Second Edition"  
volume
  Tooltip: Book volume 
  Summary: The volume of the book that is part of a series.  
  Description: The volume field is used to document the the volume number of a book that is part of a multi-volume series of books.  
  Example: "Volume 2"  
pubInfo
  Tooltip: Manuscript publication information 
  Summary: The address and contact information needed to request a manuscript.  
  Description: The publication information field is used to provide contact and address information that would be needed to request an unpublished manuscript  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
location
  Tooltip: Manuscript location information 
  Summary: The online address URL location of the manuscript.  
  Description: The location field is used to document the online location of the manuscript that is being described. It should be in the form of a URL.  
  Example: http://myserver.mydomain.edu/manuscript.html  
institution
  Tooltip: Report Institution  
  Summary: The responsible institution where report the may be requested  
  Description: The institution field is used to describe the name, address, and contact information of the institution that created the report in order to request the report.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
reportNumber
  Tooltip: Report Number 
  Summary: The unique identification number assigned to the report.  
  Description: The report number field is used to describe the unique identification number that has been issued by the report institution for the report being described.  
  Example: "22"  
degree
  Tooltip: Degee name 
  Summary: The name or degree level for which the thesis was completed.  
  Description: The degree field is used to describe the name or degree level for which the thesis was completed.  
  Example: "Ph.D.", "M.S.", "Master of Science", etc...  
pubInfo
  Tooltip: Address where thesis may be requested 
  Summary: The address where the thesis may be requested  
  Description: The publication information field is used to provide the name, address, and contact information that is needed in oreder to request a copy of the thesis that is being described.  
  Example: Please see the individual sub-fields for specific examples.  
totalPages
  Tooltip: Thesis Pages 
  Summary: The total number of pages in the thesis.  
  Description: The total pages field is used to document the number of pages that are present in the thesis that is being described.  
  Example: "356"  
degreeInstitution
  Tooltip: Degree awarding institution 
  Summary: The name of the degree-awarding institution  
  Description: The degree institution field is used to name the institution from which the degree was awarded for the thesis being described.  
  Example: "Western Washington University"  

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