Make a bookID.meta file

Create a bookID.meta file of bibliographic information

A ThML document as important pieces of bibliographic information such as the author, title, publisher, etc. in the header section of the document. Download and run the program mkmeta to help create this metadata file. (Instructions on how to install perl, run perl programs, etc. are beyond the scope of this tutorial.)

You'll be prompted for several bits of information. I'll use Jonathan Edwards' Memoirs as an example. Note that the address for Edwards' Memoirs on the ccel is http://www.ccel.org/e/edwards/memoirs/ . From this address you can deduce that Edwards' authorID is "edwards" and the bookID is "memoirs". As prompted, enter the following:

authorID: edwards

bookID: memoirs

Author name (short form) - Jonathan Edwards

Author name [Last, First] (born-died) - Edwards, Jonathan
(1703-1758)

If the author and book don't already have CCEL ids, you can make them up. I may change them if necessary. If you want to find the years of the author, look in an online library card catalog, such as that for Calvin's Hekman Library.

Book title         -  Memoirs of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.

ISBN                     - [just hit return unless you know it]

Series ID []             -

Version [1.0]            -

Publisher, date of print edition - The Banner of Truth Trust, 1995


You can find the publisher information on the title page of the 
book. You should also give a location if possible, e.g. London: Society for the 
Preservation of Christian
Knowledge, 1892.


LC call no.              - BX117.E3	[look up at a library]

Etext publisher [ccel]   - 

Rights [public domain]   - 

Source of etext          - 

Source URL               - 

URL [std ccel]           - 

Description              - [you could add a 1-paragraph description
of the work]

Digitizer                - [you can add a name here]

Editorial Status         - Carefully proofread one time [or other
comments]

Comments                 - 
Other authors? [n] 
CCEL Subjects: All; Bibles; Proofed; Classic; Early Church;
Fiction; History; Hymns; Mysticism; Reference; Sermons; Symbols
CCEL subjects - All; Biography;

Add a list of appropriate terms separated by ;. Available terms are as follows:

All; (Books that should be listed in the index -- i.e. basically all books)
Apologetics; (Apologetics, polemis, ecumenics)
Bibles; (Bibles, commentary, biblical interpretation)
Biography; (Biography, saints, martyrs, memoirs, etc.)
Christian life; (Christian life, devotionals, etc.)
Classic; (I assign this to some books)
Symbols; (Creeds, catechisms, confessions)
Reference; (Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)
Early Church;
Ethics; (Ethics and moral literature)
Fiction; (Fiction, literature)
Language; (e.g. Greek and Hebrew resources)
History; (History, geography, archaeology)
Hymns; (Hymns, hymnology, and church music)
Mysticism;
Proofed; (this book has been carefully proofread)
Sermons; (Sermons, homiletics)
Theology;
Worship; (Worship and liturgy)

When done, the program creates the file bookID.meta. You can also edit this file to correct or add information.