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XML metadata for NIST Technical Series Publications
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Use a predictable file name of the "all publications" XML file #1

Closed ronaldtse closed 2 years ago

ronaldtse commented 3 years ago

@kmiller621 the addition of the "all pubs" file at https://github.com/usnistgov/NIST-Tech-Pubs/tree/nist-pages/xml is a fantastic addition!

We have one request: is it possible to use a predictable filename for the "all records" file now at https://github.com/usnistgov/NIST-Tech-Pubs/blob/nist-pages/xml/allrecords_11june2021.xml ?

The difficulty is that when this file is updated (e.g. allrecords_XXjuly2021.xml) it would be tricky to know that it's changed.

It would be much easier if the filename is predictable, e.g.:

https://github.com/usnistgov/NIST-Tech-Pubs/blob/nist-pages/xml/allrecords.xml

The date of upload would not be lost since the file is committed to Git, which tracks the date of changes.

Our use case (as you may remember) is to enable the citation of these entries. Thanks in advance!

kmiller621 commented 2 years ago

The XML file with all NIST Technical Series Publication records has been changed to the following:

https://github.com/usnistgov/NIST-Tech-Pubs/blob/nist-pages/xml/allrecords.xml

The date of data collection will continue to be updated in the readme file and in the XML itself, as a element in the front matter.

ronaldtse commented 2 years ago

Thank you @kmiller621 — this is very helpful indeed!