Description
Serialize a supplied publication imprint place and signed year.
Regional sources preserve geographic scope, language coverage, boundary vintages, archive identifiers and historical wording. A statistic year can differ from its boundary year, and a source-access label does not grant reuse rights. Literal names and transliterations require their own documentary context.
Serialize a supplied publication imprint place and signed year.
When to use this tool
Use Area Publication Imprint Place Token when you already have publicationId, imprintPlace, imprintYear and need to serialize a supplied publication imprint place and signed year.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter publicationId, imprintPlace, imprintYear. 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.
Require publicationId and imprintPlace nonempty and imprintYear a whole -100000..9999; serialize [publicationId,imprintPlace,imprintYear].1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| publicationId | Publication Id | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| imprintPlace | Imprint Place | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| imprintYear | Signed whole label from -100000 through 9999; no calendar or era conversion. | Required. Safe integer; minimum -100000; maximum 9999. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| token | Token | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"publicationId": "P17",
"imprintPlace": "Accra",
"imprintYear": 2020
},
"output": {
"token": "[\"P17\",\"Accra\",2020]"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The numeric year convention is supplied and can include zero or negatives. No historical calendar, BCE/CE mapping, publication or actual imprint is verified.
- 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.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Consult original datasets, maps, archives and language sources. Verify geography, period, translation and permissions before using local identifiers or labels to support historical, political or statistical interpretations.
References
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