Template:LOC-meta/doc

This is a documentation subpage for (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This is a meta template that is used to create other Library of Congress sourcing templates, such as:

Usage

{{LOC-meta|id=|format=|division=|division_name=|division_url=|category=|collection_name=}}

Parameters

Parameter name	Description	Default value	required or optional?
id	The digital ID of the work http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.division/digitalid	empty	required
format	the type of the media. image, map, audio fragment, video fragment	image	optional
division	The code of the LoC Division. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.division/digitalid	empty	required
division_name	The Name of the Division. for instance: Prints and Photographs Division	When known based on division	optional
division_url	A URL to the webpage of the specific division	When known based on division	optional
category	The category in which images tagged with this template should be placed	Category:Images from the Library of Congress	optional
collection_name	Specifies the name of the Library of Congress collection the material is part of. For instance: the American Memory Collections.	empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Relies on:

{{LOC-meta/url}}

Example

{{LOC-image|id=ppmsca.19409}}

renders as:

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.19409.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.

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