Class Name: Citation

Superclass - <SEDRIS Abstract Base>

Subclasses

Definition

An instance of this DRM class specifies the bibliographic reference information for the containing SEDRIS object.

Primary Page in DRM Diagram:

• 20

Secondary Pages in DRM Diagram:

• 1
• 2
• 6
• 10
• 14
• 19
• 21
• 22
• 23

Example

1. Consider a SEDRIS transmittal produced from Vector Product Format (VPF) source data, where the source data is not part of a series, and where this is its first edition as a SEDRIS transmittal. In this case, the transmittal was produced by Sterling Logicon, via their VPF-SEDRIS conversion software.

   The citation information for the transmittal's <Transmittal Root> is as follows.

   title	"dtopn/t007us01";
   edition	"1.0";
   originators	"Sterling Logicon";
   series_name	"N/A";
   issue_id	"N/A";
   other	"Created using VPF-SEDRIS Converter";

   The <Absolute Time Point> instance's fields are set to the following.

   time_significance	SE_TIME_SIGNIFICANCE_PUBLICATION_DATE
   year	2002
   month	SE_MONTH_JUNE
   day	22
   hour	14
   minutes	56
   seconds	30.0

FAQs

What is the purpose of this class?

This class provides [CSDGM]-compliant metadata that allows a <Transmittal Root> or a high-level component of a <Transmittal Root> (e.g., a <Model>, <Image>, etc.) to be referenced in external documents. <Citation> identifies the object by name and edition/version, and specifies who created and/or released the object, and when it was created/released.

Constraints

• <<Mandatory Metadata>>

Composed of (two-way)

• one <Absolute Time Point> instance (notes)

Component of (two-way)

• zero or more <Attribute Set> instances
• zero or more <Attribute Set Table> instances
• zero or more <Attribute Set Table Group> instances
• zero or more <Colour Table> instances
• zero or more <Colour Table Group> instances
• zero or more <Cross Reference> instances
• zero or more <Data Table> instances
• zero or more <Environment Root> instances
• zero or more <Image> instances
• zero or more <Library> instances
• zero or more <Model> instances
• zero or more <Sound> instances
• zero or more <Source> instances
• zero or more <Symbol> instances
• zero or one <Transmittal Root> instance

Inherited Field Elements

Field Elements

Notes

Composed of Notes

Absolute_Time_Point

 This specifies the date (mandatory) and time (optional) that the
 data set being described was released.

Fields Notes

title

 This specifies the name by which the data object is known.

edition

 If provided, this specifies the version of the data object.

originators

 This specifies the producing organizations or individuals.

series_name

 If provided, this specifies the name of the series containing
 the data object.

issue_id

 If provided, this identifies the issue within the series.

other

 This provides any other citation information that is not
 covered by a specified field or component of the given
 <Citation> instance but that the data provider wishes
 to supply; it may contain an empty string.