book book - freebase-schema/freebase GitHub Wiki

---

A book is a written work or a collection of written works in book form. "Book" represents the abstract notion of a particular book, rather than a particular edition. It is on this level that articles or discussion about a book should generally occur (e.g., the article about Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is on the book topic, rather than on one or more of the hundreds of editions it has gone through).

• written works that have been published as stand-alone books

• novels (e.g. Eclipse)

• short stories (e.g. The Children's Story)

• plays (e.g. Hamlet)

• poems (e.g. Mexico City Blues)

• scholarly works and dissertations (e.g. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory)

• unpublished novels (e.g. Prince Jellyfish)

• comic books (e.g. Tintin in the Congo)

• written works that have never appeared in a traditional bound form, such as those released only in audio or electronic formats (e.g. A Forest Apart)

• ancient written works (e.g. Epic of Gilgamesh)

• editions of any existing written work whether in print, audio or digital versions (e.g. The Da Vinci Code)

• Use the book edition type for these.

• comic book series (e.g. Sin City)

• Use the comic book series type for these.

• book series (e.g. The Dark Tower)

• Use the literary series type for these.

• written works that are published as part of another book (e.g. You Know They Got a Hell of a Band)

• periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals)

Periodical issues, while similar, should not be typed as Books. There is a gray area, where certain periodicals release issues in a book-like way, even to the point of having ISBNs. A case could be made for typing these as both Magazine issue and Book; then create a book edition to enter the ISBN.

The /book/book type should also be used for connections to other types, such as films that have been adapted from a book. The Adaptation co-type can be asserted at the Book level if the book contains a single written work (e.g Carrie). It can also be asserted at the Written Work level if the book in which the written work was published is really a collection of multiple works (e.g. William Wilson, a short story published in the book Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque).

Please see Entering Data for a Book for more information.

• Book Identity Criteria