RFC 1807           A Format for Bibliographic Records          June 1995


DATE (O) -- The publication date.  The formats are "Month Year"
        and "Month Day, Year".  The month must be alphabetic
        (spelled out).  The "Day" is a 1- or 2-digit number.  The
        "Year" is a 4- digit number.

        Format:   DATE:: 

        Example:  DATE:: January 1992
        Example:  DATE:: January 15, 1992


PAGES (O) -- Total number of pages, without being too picky about
        it.  Final numbered page is actually preferred, if it is a
        reasonable approximation to the total number of pages.

        Format:   PAGES:: 

        Example:  PAGES:: 48


COPYRIGHT (O) -- Copyright information.  Open ended format.  The
        COPYRIGHT field applies to the cited report, rather than
        to the current bibliographic record.

        Format:  COPYRIGHT:: 

        Example: COPYRIGHT:: Copyright for the report (c) 1991,
                            by J. A. Finnegan.  All rights
                            reserved.
                            Permission is granted for any academic
                            use of the report.


HANDLE (O) -- Handles are unique permanent identifiers that are
        used in the Handle Management System to retrieve location
        data.  A handle is a printable string which when given to
        a handle server returns the location of the data.

        Handles are used to identify digital objects stored within
        a digital library.  If the technical report is available in
        electronic form, the Handle MUST be supplied in the
        bibliographic record.

        Format is "HANDLE:: hdl:<naming authority>/string
        of characters".  The string of characters can be the
        report number of the technical report as assigned by the
        publisher.  For more information on handles and handle
        servers see the CNRI WEB page at




 
RFC 1807           A Format for Bibliographic Records          June 1995


        http://www.cnri.reston.va.us.

  **** NOTE:  White space in HANDLE due to line wrap is ignored.

        Format:  HANDLE:: hdl:<naming authority>/string of
                          characters

        Example: HANDLE:: hdl:oceanview.electr/CS-TR-91-123


OTHER_ACCESS (O) -- For URLs, URNs, and other yet to be invented
       formatted retrieval systems.

        Only one URL or URN per occurrence of the field.

        URL and URN information is available in the internet
        drafts from the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).
        The most recent drafts can be found on the CNRI WEB page
        at http://www.cnri.reston.va.us.

**** NOTE: White space in a URL or URN due to line wrap is ignored.

        Format:  OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:
                 OTHER_ACCESS:: URN:

        Example: OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://elib.stanford.edu/Docume
        nt/STANFORD.CS:CS-TN-94-1

        Example: OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:ftp://JUPITER.CS.OUKS.EDU/PUBS/
        computerization.txt.

        When the URN standard is finalized naming authorities will
        be registered and URNs will be viable unique identifiers.
        Until then this is a place holder.  For the latest URN