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The book template

NB: The principle in RePEc is that only the publisher can index material, or someone acting on its behalf. If you want to index books published by members of your organization, use the paper template.

Let us have a look at a typical template:

Template-Type: ReDIF-Book 1.0 Editor-Name: Charlie Doe Editor-Email: doe@someuni.edu Editor-Name: Engelbert Falafel Editor-Workplace-Name: Some Other University Title: Forecasting in Agricultural Economies Provider-Name: Gallant Press, New York Abstract: This book surveys agricultural output forecasting techniques ... Classification-JEL: R00, Z0 Keywords: Forecasting, agricultural economics HasChapter: RePEc:aaa:ecchap:23-01 HasChapter: RePEc:aaa:ecchap:23-02 HasChapter: RePEc:aaa:ecchap:23-03 HasChapter: RePEc:aaa:ecchap:23-04 HasChapter: RePEc:aaa:ecchap:23-05 Volume: 1 Edition: 1 Year: 1999 Month: February File-URL: http://www.geekeconomics.com/books/23.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-URL: http://www.geekeconomics.com/books/23.html File-Format: text/html Order-URL: http://www.geekeconomics.com/purchase/form.php Handle: RePEc:aaa:ecbook:23

Mandatory are: Template-Type:, Title: Provider-Name: and Handle:. Among Author-Name: and Editor-Name, only one must be present, but is repeatable. More details:

Author-*: cluster

This cluster is repeatable, just make sure each cluster starts with Author-Name:, which is the only required field of this cluster. Put each author in a different cluster. Author-Name should contain only the name, either as Firstname Lastname or Lastname, Firstname. This is for authored books.

Editor-*: cluster

Same logic as for Author-*: cluster, but edited volumes.

Abstract:

While not mandatory, it is highly beneficial to have an abstract. It makes it more likely for the book to be found in a search. Note that it is possible to cut-and-paste from pdf files, so you do not need to type everything yourself...

Year:

It is strongly recommended to have a Year: field. This allows RePEc services to display items chronologically. Undated items are typically put at the bottom of the lists, or may be ignored entirely. The format of the year is yyyy.

File-*: cluster

If the book is not available online, ignore the cluster entirely. Note that this cluster is repeatable.

HasChapter:

If the books chapters are also indexed in RePEc, put their handles here, repeating the field if necessary.

Classification-JEL:

Use the Journal of Economic Literature codes from this list. It is highly recommended to use them for increased exposure of the book. Avoid the top levels of the classification, try to be specific.

Handle:

This uniquely identifies the book. The book handle corresponds to the series handle, plus whatever identifier you wish to use.

File-Restriction:

In the File-*: cluster, use this if the file cannot be freely downloaded, and this was not specified in the series template.

Note:

Put anything you deem relevant that did not fit elsewhere here.

Paper-Handle:, Article-Handle:, Software-Handle:

If the book was also published as an item already in RePEc, you can link the two here. Software-Handle: applies if there is some code accompanying the paper that is also made available.

ISBN:

ISBN of the volume.

DOI:

DOI of the volume.

Note that if you already have your bibliographic metadata in some database, you may want to take advantage of some existing scripts that can help you convert the data. See this blog post.

You are now ready to open your RePEc archive.

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