Documents are a wide range of online resources, primarily academic research, on development issues that are freely available online.
They are editorially selected, organised thematically and are summarised, in clear, non-technical language for easy consumption.
Field Name | Description |
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metadata_url | Web-accessible uri for this object |
object_id | Unique idenitfier of this document |
object_type | The type of asset, in this case “Document” |
title | Title of the research paper or document. |
Additional Fields
Field Name | Description | |
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author | This is the name of the author(s) of the research paper. Where more than one person has authored the document, these are recorded in a comma separated string (First initial. Surname). | |
category_region_array | List of regions to that the document focuses on |
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category_region_ids | Unique identifiers for the regions that the document focuses on | |
category_region_path | Regions that the document focuses on | |
category_theme_array | Thematic categories which apply to the research document. |
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category_theme_path | A human-readable list of the theme names, delimited with a . | |
country_focus | List of countries that the document focuses on. | |
country_focus_array | Countries that the document focuses on. |
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date_created | Date the object was added to our collection | Date is in ISO 8601 format:YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss |
date_updated | Date the object was last modified | Date is in ISO 8601 format:YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss |
description | Abstract or summary of the research paper. This summary has been prepared by a thematic expert and gives a brief overview of the contents of the research, including any findings and recommendations. | |
et_al | Indicates if there are more authors than have been listed. | |
headline | A short version of the title or description of the research document | |
keyword | Subject keywords that relate to the document | |
language_name | The language in which the title, headline and description are written | |
licence_type | Type of licence that document is released under (where known) |
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name | Title of the research paper or document. | |
publication_date | Date the research document was first published | This is often given as the first day of the year where the exact date is not known |
publication_year | Year the document was first published | |
publisher | Organisation that published the research. | |
publisher_array | Organisation that published the research. Each publisher has a linked organisation record, containing address, website and additional information |
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publisher_country | Name of the country that the publisher is based in | |
site | Name of the collection to which this document belongs | Either Eldis or Bridge |
timestamp | Indicates when record was indexed in the API | Used to determine updates to the index for synchronisation.Timestamp is in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss |
urls | URLs of the full text document. | This document is usually hosted on the publishers’ website as a PDF but may have several formats or language versions. |
website_url | URL for the asset on the collection website | Link to the document on Eldis or Bridge |