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Grist Data Fields

The following gives a breakdown of the quantities that constitute the Grist database. The import of these quantites is governed by the Grist import schema, which can be viewed at http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/gristImport.xsd

Multiple <record> elements can be provided in each xml file, though each <record> element must contain one <person> element, one <grant> element and, optionally, one <institution> element, and note that the quantities must be provided in the order given below.

Person

FamilyName
Family name of person, or name of a group.
GivenName [optional]
Given name of person.
Initials [optional]
Initials of person.
Title [optional]
Title, or salutation, of person.
Commendation [optional]
Commendation of person.
Permitted values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedCommendations.xsd.
Email
Email address of person.
Multiple email addresses can be provided, though only one must be marked as For Contact.
Type [default = 'PI']
Type of person.
Permitted values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedPersonTypes.xsd.
Alias [optional]
Alias of person, e.g. funder-specific ID, or ORCID.
The Source of the alias must be provided, e.g. BHF, and multiple Alias values can be provided, though the Source for each must be unique.
Permitted Source values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedAliasSources.xsd.

Grant

Funder
The source of funding of grant.
Permitted values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedFunders.xsd.
[See a list of funder names used in Grist].
Id
Name/Id of grant.
Alias [optional]
Alternative name/Id of grant.
Multiple aliases can be provided, though each must be unique.
Title
Title of grant.
Abstract [optional]
Abstract of grant, in a given Language and of a given Type [default Type is 'scientific'].
Multiple abstracts can be provided, though the combination of Language and Type for each must be unique.
Permitted Language values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedLanguages.xsd.
Permitted Type values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedAbstractTypes.xsd.
Type [optional]
Type of grant.
Stream [optional]
Stream of grant.
StartDate [optional]
Start date of grant.
Must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the year, MM is the month and DD is the day.
EndDate [optional]
End date of grant.
Must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the year, MM is the month and DD is the day.
Amount [optional]
Amount of grant.
The Currency of the amount must be provided.
Permitted Currency values are detailed in the relevant schema file, http://europepmc.org/grist-api-schemas/acceptedCurrencies.xsd.
PMID [optional]
PubMed Id of an article associated with the grant.
Multiple PMID values can be provided.
Note that PubMed Ids are not stored in the Grist database. They are forwarded for processing in the main Europe PubMed Central database.

Institution

Name
Name of institution.
Department [optional]
Department of institution.