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Islamic Calendar Intercalary Convention Label Tool

Preserve an explicitly supplied Islamic calendar convention and source without inferring intercalation or converting dates.

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Description

Preserve an explicitly supplied Islamic calendar convention and source.

Textual and archival references depend on the collection, edition, numbering system, date convention and source attribution. A supplied surah/ayah or manuscript partition number is a locator, not verification of canonical limits or content. Permission, beneficiary shares and direction labels require their stated documentary context.

Preserve an explicitly supplied Islamic calendar convention and source.

When to use this tool

Use Islamic Calendar Intercalary Convention Label when you already have dateRecordId, conventionText, sourceId and need to preserve an explicitly supplied Islamic calendar convention and source.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter dateRecordId, conventionText, sourceId. 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 dateRecordId, conventionText, sourceId 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
dateRecordIdDate Record IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
conventionTextConvention TextRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
sourceIdSource IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenTokenRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "dateRecordId": "D17",
    "conventionText": "tabular leap-day convention",
    "sourceId": "S4"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"D17\",\"tabular leap-day convention\",\"S4\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The result records supplied values without inferring intercalation or converting dates. 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 the relevant original edition, manuscript, deed or stated authority for an interpretive or rights question. Use a complete calendar, directional or distribution method when computation is required; local locators and supplied labels do not infer those rules.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: islamic-studies/islamic-calendar-intercalary-convention-label — tool.io

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