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This document explains BCRA's publications catalogues and how to upload data to the bibliograph pages.
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BCRA's publications – books, periodicals and other occasional items – are grouped into catalogues. These are listed on our bookshop page, but for a complete "sytem-generated" listing, see xxxx
Each item in a group, and each article in a periodical, can be assigned a digital object identifier (DOI) that uniquely identifies it and usually corresponds to a unique downloadable PDF or other document. The process is not exhaustive because, for example, theBCRA Review is not (at the moment) split up into individual articles. Also, the DOI process was created as a demonstration and has not been completed. All this is further discussed below.
The catalogues can be accessed via a shortcut URL so, for example, in bcra.org.uk/cks, cks is a shortcut to the "covers" page for Cave & Karst Science, which displays a cover image of each issue. At present these are all on one page, back to the first fully-digitised issue, volume 33(1). Each issue in the catalogue has its own bibliograph page, a.k.a. contents list. It is called a bibliograph page because, as part of the listing, it gives a quotable bibliograph string for each article.
In our system, the DOI is also the name of the downloadable PDF. (It should be pointed out that our DOIs are a special feature of our web site. We have not taken the step of linking our DOIs to the internationally recognised system at doi.org. A volunyeer is needed to manage that process. Our DOIs comprise an abbreviation for the catalogue, followed by three figures presenting the issue number of the periodical or some similar sequence number, followed by three figures representing the page number of the first page of the article. Optionally, a '.f' at the end indicates a free download.
Note: the sequence number is not the same as the volume and issue number for C&KS. For example, volume 49 issue 1 has sequence number 145. The easiest way to find out a C&KS sequence number is to type something like 49(1) into the "go to volume" text box on the bibliograph page and then to look at the last three digits of the URL that is displayed. Even if you ask for an issue in the future, those three digits will be the correct sequence number, although the issue actually displayed will just be the most recent.
examples
The web pages you view in the various BCRA catalogues are not static pages. They are not written in an editor, like you would assemble a word document. Instead, the information about our publications is listed in a set of simple text files (e.g. this one). These files are essentially a crude form of database, sometimes called a flat-file database. The format is very similar to that of theEndnote reference management tool, which you might use when writing scientific papers.
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To update a catalogue with a new publication, it is not necessary to write any HTML web pages. As described above, it is only necessary to upload the data to the correctr locations, and the CMS will look after it. That does not mean that it is trivial – there are still a number of detailed processes that have to be undertaken. The process is signtly different for the CREG journal, because that uses an earlier version of the CMS. Here, the process is described for Cave & Karst Science.
rename ebook_01_CaKS-48-3-FRONTCOVER.pdf cks144i.pdf rename ebook_02_CaKS-48-3-INNERFRONT.pdf cks144ii.f.pdf rename ebook_03_CaKS-48-3-CONTENTS.pdf cks144093.f.pdf rename ebook_04_CaKS-48-3-EDITORIAL.pdf cks144094f..pdf rename ebook_05_CaKS-48-3-PAPER1.pdf cks144095.pdf rename ebook_06_CaKS-48-3-PAPER2.pdf cks144097.pdf rename ebook_07_CaKS-48-3-PAPER3.pdf cks144101.pdf rename ebook_08_CaKS-48-3-PAPER4.pdf cks144115.pdf rename ebook_09_CaKS-48-3-PAPER5.pdf cks144121.pdf rename ebook_10_CaKS-48-3-FORUM.pdf cks144129.pdf rename ebook_11_CaKS-48-3-INNERBACK.pdf cks144iii.f.pdf rename ebook_12_CaKS-48-3-BACKCOVER.pdf cks144iv.pdf pausewhich shows how to rename the supplied files to their DOI names. Run the batch file and check the output. Not only is a batch file faster and less prone to typos but, if you do get it wrong, you can simlpy re-run it and there is less chance of getting in a total muddle.
temp_front_cks144_h630.tif temp_rear_cks144_h630.tif j144_w1000-h1414-c10.jpg cks144i-w400-ush3333-c5.jpg j144.jpg j144_facebook.jpg
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