General Information – Ringgold Support

Confidentiality of Ringgold Data – FAQ

Who can access Ringgold data and what can be shared with third parties

Consortium Directory Online user guide

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CDO Glossary

Terms used in the Consortium Directory Online

CDO Useful Information

Information & documents to aid consortia in negotiation, licensing and other activities.

External CDO Schema

Overview and detail of data files available for local loading

30.4.2018 Privacy Policy updated
– Ringgold Privacy Policy

11.4.2018 Tiers/Types combinations updated:
– Ringgold Tiers

19.3.2018 Identify Database External Schema updated. LB alternate names and URLs retired. Updated documents:
– Ringgold Identify Database External Schema 220
– Ringgold Identify Database Delta External Schema 220

26.2.2018 Following the introduction of the Ringgold Types */library, these Alternate Name types have now been retired:
– FN LB Former name of Library
– LB Library name
– LB TR Translation of Library name
Updated documentation:
– Ringgold Identify Database Editorial Policy

30.11.2017 It has come to our attention that some messages sent to us via the feedback form in the Identify Online account settings area have not reached Ringgold. This fault has now been fixed. Please resend any messages to us if you have not yet received a response via this channel.

16.11.2017 Identify Database Web Service technical spec updated for version 2.5
– Download

20.7.2017 Identify Database External Schema updated to include multies definition changes to include all of the hierarchy. Updated documents:
– Ringgold Identify Database External Schema 220

15.6.2017 New publisher Ringgold Types added: ‘academic/publisher’, ‘corporate/publisher’, ‘govt/publisher’, ‘other/learnedpublisher’, ‘other/publisher’; New library Ringgold Types added: ‘corporate/library’, ‘health/library’, ‘hospital/library’, ‘school/library’. Updated:
– Ringgold Types list
– Ringgold Identify Database Editorial Policy

4.4.2017 Ringgold Types ‘school’ and ‘school/special’ added; ‘academic/school’ and ‘academic/special’ retired. Updated:
– Ringgold Types list

22.3.2017 Identify Database Web Service technical spec updated
– Download

14.3.2017 Identify Database Delta External Schema added
– Download

13.2.2017 Identify Database policy update. The following metadata fields have been retired as they were not being used: Alt Names Type BN (Brand Name); Alt Url Type BS (Brand Site). Updated documents:
– Ringgold Identify Database External Schema 220
– Ringgold Identify Database Editorial Policy