Publishing Domain Documentation

Publishing Domain Documentation

The publishing domain covers most aspects of the written word -- books, stories, poems, non-fiction writing -- and the ways that it can be published -- in books, periodicals, etc.  Documentation can be found in the sub-topics of this page, and on the the pages for specific types.


  • Entering Data for All Written Works
    Properties of the Written work type   Translations See Entering a Translated Work of Literature for information about entering translations. Other types that can be added to Written Works The type...
  • Entering Data for a Book
    When adding information about a book, you have a few options. You can enter the basic data for the abstract idea of the book (e.g., author, date, genre), or you can enter data about a specific...
  • Entering the Contents of a Book or Periodical
    Freebase allows the contents of a book, periodical, or any other type of publication to be entered and displayed, and furthermore allows any type of work to be included as contents. Because of the...
  • Entering a Translated Work of Literature
    Publication Information A translation is automatically co-typed as a “published work”; this allows you to enter the publication data for the translation using the “published in...
  • Entering Reviews, Interviews, and Other Types of Short Non-Fiction
    Freebase has several different types to handle various types of written non-fiction. Book-length non-fiction should be treated as a book, but any shorter-length works can be modeled using one of...
  • Entering Serialized and Excerpted Works of Literature
    If a book (or other long work) has been published in serial installments, you can record this by using the Serialized Work type. Note that work in any media capable of being serialized can use this...
  • Entering Special Kinds of Books
    Most books can be easily entered following the instructions in Entering Data for a Book. But for some books, it may not be obvious how they should be entered. The types explained here are:...
  • Entering Scholarly Works and Citations
    The Scholarly Work type is used for all kinds of scholarly writing – journal articles, papers in proceedings, even books can be Scholarly Works. The primary feature of the type is a way to list...

Recent Discussions about Publishing Domain Documentation

serializations?

posted in: Entering the Contents of a Book or Periodical , Publishing Domain Documentation
jeff

"Documentation for serializations is on the page Entering Serialized and Excerpted Works of..."

by jeff Aug 6, 2007
2 posts

Book Series?

posted in: Entering Data for a Book , Publishing Domain Documentation
gmackenz

"Wikipedia often has topics for book series (like James Bond for the series of books written by Ian..."

by gmackenz Jul 24, 2007
1 post

Bibliographic data

posted in: Entering Data for a Book , Publishing Domain Documentation

"Freebase has tremendous potential for Libraries, especially academic research libraries. And we..."

by infobuddha Jul 18, 2007
1 post

ISBN confusion

posted in: Entering Data for a Book , Publishing Domain Documentation

"Thank-you... off to insert request. Until you get the 'logic' in place is it possible to add the..."

by bridoleur Jul 11, 2007
4 posts

Readers Advisory topical data ? Help in classifying beyond genre lines.

posted in: Entering Data for a Book , Publishing Domain Documentation
thadguidry

"Wondering if a help topic for describing a book's appeal might be important later on. Of course,..."

by thadguidry Jul 6, 2007
1 post
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