Convention Sources identifies standard rules or guidelines for describing bibliographic resources, commonly called cataloging rules, and assigns a code to each source. The purpose of this list is to enable the source of description guidelines in metadata records to be indicated by a code.
- Prefix
loc.descriptionconventions- Keywords
- Links
- Homepage RDF Request Discussion Part of loc
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
- Missing LUI pattern
- Example Local Unique Identifier
- amim Resolve
- Example CURIE
- loc.descriptionconventions:amim
Contacts
- Contact
- Missing Contact
- Contributors
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submitter
Charles Tapley Hoyt
0000-0003-4423-4370
cthoyt
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 1 mapping to an external registry.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
BARTOC
|
bartoc |
18908
|
Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier amim is used to demonstrate the providers
available for Library of Congress Description Conventions. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Provider Name | Provider Code | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Library of Congress Description Conventions | loc.descriptionconventions |
http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/descriptionConventions/amim |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/loc.descriptionconventions:amim |