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

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
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14.3.2017 Identify Database Delta External Schema added
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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