Collection

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Collection/s are indexes or bibliographic references to systems knowledge, offered by systems based Organizations.

An Organization creates and offers different knowledge Source content, and this content has been categorised (divided) in to themed Collection/s (Collection Types).

Access to Source content

The SCA data sets contain only indexes or bibliographic references.

To access the Source content, please contact the Organisation which owns and provides access to the data.

Collection Types

Collections are a group of similar items or activities. For example: a series of conferences; webinars; or newsletters. Articles in a journal, book, or proceedings. These have been categorised in to Collection Types, mainly for data schema purposes.

Collection TypeTypical SCA Collection AttributesTypical Source Content
Conference/ Webinar/ Seminar/ Symposium/ Video lecture seriesOrganiser.
Conference sequence.
Date (Year, Start, End, Duration).
Title/ Theme.
Location.
Published proceedings/ Recordings.
Conference Programs.
Proceedings.
Recordings (Video; Audio).
Slides.
Notes.
Chat.
Pictures.
Minutes.
Transcripts.
Book/ Newsletter/ Bulletin/ Yearbook seriesPublisher.
Editor/s.
Series sequence.
Book Titles.
Date/s.
Books.
Reports. Newsletters.
Article Collections (Journals; Proceedings; Books of articles)Article Title.
Author/s.
Year published.
Articles.
Lists of Awards/ Officers.Dates.
Person.
Award/ Role.
Lists.

Collections Formats

The SCA currently provides the Collections data in Spreadsheets (Excel, Type 1).

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