Proposed New Model

This was developed by Josh and Sean over a few discussions on Feb 6-7. The syntax is ad hoc, but hopefully gets the point across.

Top-level types (or 'Classes')

Document

• Title
• Agent(s) (as Author(s))
• Language
• Location(s)
• Reproduced in
  • This field refers to any other item, allowing for a particular kind of parent-child relationship to be drawn by users. Intended to be used in cases where a given item is reproduced within another; i.e. a letter reprinted in a book, or a video broadcast embedded in a webpage

Communication (one-to-one)

• Agent (as Sender)
• Agent (as Receiver)
• Date
• Language
• Location(s)
• Reproduced in

Place

• Country
• City
• Latitude
• Longitude

Date

• Year
• Month
• Day

Event

• Name
• Place
• Date

Agent

• First Name
• Surname
• Single-string Name
• Type (Agent, Institution)

Ancillary item types

These are functionally identical to other items, but are never created on their own from within the Zotero UI

Book Series

• Series Title
• Number of Volumes

Periodical

• Title
• Type (Newspaper, Magazine, Journal, Blog)
• ISSN

Periodical Issue

• Volume
• Issue
• Date

Conference

• Event

Location Types

The idea here is that a given item can have any number of locations; different call numbers in different libraries, multiple URLs, etc.

Web

• URL
• Date (as Date Accessed)

Library

• Library Name
• Call Number

Archive

• Archive Name
• Collection
• Series
• Box

Actual item types

Book

• Document
• Book Series
• Volume Number
• Series Number
• Edition
• Publisher
• Place
• Date
• Pages
• ISBN

Book Section

• Section Title
• Agent (as Section Author)
• Book

Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entry

• Entry Title
• Agent (as Entry Author)
• Book

Article

• Document
• Periodical Issue
• Pages

Conference Proceedings

• Book
• Conference

Conference Paper

• Document
• Conference
• Conference Proceedings

E-mail

• Communication
• Sender address
• Receiver Address
• Subject

Letter

• Communication
• Sender address
• Receiver Address
• Title

Instant Message

• Communication
• Sender handle
• Receiver handle

Interview

• Communication
• Location

Media

• Document
• Date
• Type (Image, Audio, Moving Image, Web Page)
• Medium

Broadcast

• Media
• Type (Radio, Television, Podcast)
• Broadcaster

Bill

• Document
• Date
• Number
• Code
• Volume
• Section
• Pages
• Legislative Body
• Session

Case

• Event
• Court

Brief

• Case
• needs fleshing out

Decision

• Case
• needs fleshing out

Hearing

• Event
• Agent(s) (as Contributor(s))
• Committee
• Legislative Body
• Session

Patent

• Document (Author as Inventor)
• Date (as Date Issued)
• Place
• Agent (as Assignee)
• Patent Number
• Priority Numbers
• References
• Legal Status

Statute

• Document
• Date
• Code
• Code Number
• Number
• Pages
• Section
• Session

Threaded Discussion

• needs fleshing out

Threaded Comment

• Threaded Discussion
• needs fleshing out