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Regional Source Editorial Credit Tag

Record explicit regional-source editorial credit without assigning authorship.

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Description

Record explicit regional-source editorial credit.

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.

Record explicit regional-source editorial credit.

When to use this tool

Use Regional Source Editorial Credit Tag when you already have sourceId, editorName, creditedRole and need to record explicit regional-source editorial credit.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter sourceId, editorName, creditedRole. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read token. Use the output convention below.

Enter sourceId, editorName, creditedRole 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 fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
sourceIdSource IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
editorNameEditor NameRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
creditedRoleCredited RoleRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenTokenRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "sourceId": "S17",
    "editorName": "Editor A",
    "creditedRole": "translator"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"S17\",\"Editor A\",\"translator\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The result records supplied values without assigning authorship. 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 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

  1. Calculation and input contract: area-studies/regional-source-editorial-credit-tag — tool.io

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