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Document Types

from the Mayan docs:

To setup Mayan EDMS from scratch the first thing to consider are which are going to be your document types. Examples of document types are: Legal documents, Internal documents, Medical records, Designing specifications, Permits. A document type represent a group, a type, a class of documents which share some common properties. A good indicator that can help you determine you document types is what kind of information or metadata is attached to the documents.

Linking document types to BibTeX 'entry types'

from Wikipedia

Bibliography entries included in a .bib file are split by types. The following types are understood by virtually all BibTeX styles:

Entry Type Description Notes
article An article from a journal or magazine. Required fields: author, title, journal, year; Optional fields: volume, number, pages, month, note, key
book A book with an explicit publisher. Required fields: author/editor, title, publisher, year; Optional fields: volume/number, series, address, edition, month, note, key
booklet A work that is printed and bound, but without a named publisher or sponsoring institution. Required fields: title; Optional fields: author, howpublished, address, month, year, note, key
conference The same as inproceedings, included for Scribe compatibility.
inbook A part of a book, usually untitled. May be a chapter (or section, etc.) and/or a range of pages. Required fields: author/editor, title, chapter/pages, publisher, year
Optional fields: volume/number, series, type, address, edition, month, note, key
incollection A part of a book having its own title. Required fields: author, title, booktitle, publisher, year; Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, type, chapter, pages, address, edition, month, note, key
inproceedings An article in a conference proceedings. Required fields: author, title, booktitle, year; Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, pages, address, month, organization, publisher, note, key
manual Technical documentation. Required fields: title; Optional fields: author, organization, address, edition, month, year, note, key
mastersthesis A Master's thesis. Required fields: author, title, school, year; Optional fields: type, address, month, note, key
misc For use when nothing else fits. Required fields: none; Optional fields: author, title, howpublished, month, year, note, key
phdthesis A Ph.D. thesis. Required fields: author, title, school, year; Optional fields: type, address, month, note, key
proceedings The proceedings of a conference. Required fields: title, year; Optional fields: editor, volume/number, series, address, month, publisher, organization, note, key
techreport A report published by a school or other institution, usually numbered within a series. Required fields: author, title, institution, year; Optional fields: type, number, address, month, note, key
unpublished A document having an author and title, but not formally published. Required fields: author, title, note; Optional fields: month, year, key

CCCS-defined document types