Z39.86 Periodicals Vocabulary

These vocabulary item values take an xsd:string value unless otherwise specified.

Frontmatter

edition
Holds information about the edition of the publication being delivered by the particular Feeds profile instance document; is only relevant in instances where the particular Feeds profile instance document is being used to deliver an entire publication.
specialIssueTitle
The title of a special issue
specialIssueEditors
Editors for a special issue
coverIllustrationCaption
Caption for the cover illustration
coverIllustrationCredit
Credit for the cover illustration
masthead
A list, usually found on the editorial page of a newspaper or magazine, of the members of the newspaper's editorial board. If no editorial board exists, the masthead will often feature a list of top news staff members. Some mastheads also include information such as the publication's founding date, slogan, logo and contact information.
editors
The publication's editors
staff
The publication's staff
editorialBoard
A group of people, usually at a print publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorials will take
subscriptionInformation
Information about subscribing to the publication.
correspondenceAddress
An address for business/editorial correspondence
advertisingPolicy
The publication's advertising policy
issueCopyrightLine
The copyright line for the entire issue
editorialPolicy
The publication's editorial policy

Metadata properties

positionSequence
Holds ordinal information about the article within its parent section/sub section. for example, a value of 2 means that the article is the second article in its parent section/sub section; is only relevant in instances where the Feeds Profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications.
integer
positionSection
Holds ordinal information about the parent section and or sub section(s) within a pubblication, that an article appears in. for example, a value of 1.2 means that an article appears in a section that is the first section in the publication, and a sub section that is the second subsection within the section;is only relevant in instances where the particular Feeds profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications.
decimal
positionPage
Holds information about the page that the article appears on in the publication; is only relevant in instances where the Feeds Profile document instance is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications.
integer
revision
Holds revision information about the article; is relevant in instances where the Feeds Profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications.
decimal
destEdition
Holds information about an edition of a publication that the article is meant to appear in; is only relevant in instances where the Feeds Profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications; can appear more than once inside the Article head; each occurrence of destEdition holds information about a particular edition of a publication that the article is meant to appear in.
destPublication
Holds information about a publication that the article is meant to appear in; is only relevant in contexts where the Feeds profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications; can appear more than once inside the Article head; each occurrence of destPublication holds information about a particular publication that the article is meant to appear in.
sourceEdition
Holds information about an edition of a publication that the article is originally a part of; is only relevant in instances where the Feeds Profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications; can appear more than once inside the Article head; each occurrence of sourceEdition holds information about a particular edition of a publication that the article is originally a part of.
sourcePublication
Holds information about a publication that the article is originally a part of; is only relevant in contexts where the Feeds profile instance document is being used to deliver a single article, or a collection of articles for one or more publications; can appear more than once inside the Article head; each occurrence of sourcePublication holds information about a particular publication that the article is originally a part of.

Text properties

kicker
Holds a piece of text that draws attention towards the article; is relevant in all contexts.
authorAddress
The author's address
authorEmail
The author's email address
illustration
An illustration
excerpt
An excerpt
tables
Data tables
targetOfBookReview
The book being reviewed
continuation
Indicates a continuation (e.g. continued on page 7)
newsHighlight
A news highlight
quote
A quotation

Piece properties

An advertisement
review
An evaluation of a publication or other item.
article
A nonfictional prose composition which is a stand-alone section of a larger written work.
bookReview
Book review
bookNotes
Book notes
commentary
A commentary
editorial
An editorial
survey
A survey
briefReport
A brief report
feature
A piece of writing which covers a selected issue in-depth
opinion
An opinion piece
letterFromTheEditor
A letter from the editor

Section properties

employmentOpportunities
Announcements of employment opportunities
lettersToTheEditor
Letters sent to a publication about issues of concern to its readers.
announcements
General announcements
classifieds
Classified advertisements, typically brief and text-only.
weather
The local weather
sport
The sports section
funPages
Contains comic strips, puzzles, and fun activities.
forthcomingArticlesList
Titles of articles scheduled to appear in a forthcoming issue
contributorNotes
Notes on contributors
photoCredits
Photo credits