Description
Pair explicitly supplied printer and publisher roles.
African archival and cultural records preserve supplied language, scripts, documentary roles, coordinate captions and uncertain historical readings. A collation label does not sort text, and a transfer-date token does not establish an actual transfer or rights. Source context and community meanings remain essential.
Pair explicitly supplied printer and publisher roles.
When to use this tool
Use African Publication Printer Publisher Role Pair when you already have publicationId, suppliedPrinter, suppliedPublisher and need to pair explicitly supplied printer and publisher roles.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter publicationId, suppliedPrinter, suppliedPublisher. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read token. Use the output convention below.
Enter publicationId, suppliedPrinter, suppliedPublisher using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| publicationId | Publication Id | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| suppliedPrinter | Supplied Printer | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| suppliedPublisher | Supplied Publisher | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| token | Token | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"publicationId": "PUB17",
"suppliedPrinter": "Printer A",
"suppliedPublisher": "Publisher B"
},
"output": {
"token": "[\"PUB17\",\"Printer A\",\"Publisher B\"]"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The result records supplied values without inferring publishing history. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Consult original archives, publications, object records and permission sources. Verify documentary context, language conventions and rights before using local tokens to support historical, cultural or legal interpretations.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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