CA2129317A1 - Article identity on printed works - Google Patents

Article identity on printed works

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CA2129317A1
CA2129317A1 CA002129317A CA2129317A CA2129317A1 CA 2129317 A1 CA2129317 A1 CA 2129317A1 CA 002129317 A CA002129317 A CA 002129317A CA 2129317 A CA2129317 A CA 2129317A CA 2129317 A1 CA2129317 A1 CA 2129317A1
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Margaret A. Walsh
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A mass distributable print media substrate having a plurality of articles printed thereon, each article having a heading and associated text, and wherein identification information is provided for each article, the identification information including author name, publisher or publication name, complete date of publication and a relative subject matter index number, and further wherein the identification information is arranged in close proximity to the heading and text of each respective article.

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212~317 ~. `; 1 ~R~ICI~ I~TI~ o~ PRI~D ~ORK5 The pre~ent inv~ntion x~latl~ to a conci~ ~nd precl~e prin~ed form~t prcvidlng ~v~r-changoable l.it~r~ry, num~rical and encoded part~ to idontify artic:le~ of prlnt-d work~ in now~pap-r~, m~s~a~ln-~ and th~ . In qonoral, the ba~ m~nt~ ln tha format m~y includ~ a vari4ty of contont~ and arrangem0nt~. For ex~mple, a preferrod format may conai~t of ~ co~ t~ dato o~d a rolative ub~ct ~ndc~ num}~or in ~ot}l ordin~ry numoliaal or alpha-n~merical and encod~d orm; ~b) th~ n~me o~ t~e writer or #ource o~ the articl~; ~nd (c) the nam~ of th~
public-t~on containin~ th~ ~rticl~ form~t c~n b~
rsad manually or electron~cAlly. Unliko tole~i~ien or radlo, whlch is or~ly ~een and h~ard, thls no~el ide~
off~r~ th~ file-builder the option to manually cl~p and or ol~ctronic~lly ~can ~nd ~tor- articl~ of printed worX~
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Her-~tofore, the wrlter' ~ nama or rourc~ of the :
articl~ and tho publi~her o~ an art~cl~ m~y h~v~ baen : ~ r Xnown and ~hown, but the comblnation of tho wrlt~r'~ name or Hource o tho articl~ and the puhlication n~me w~r~ not :~
linked togethor with a complet~ date and a r~1AtiVO
oub~ect lndex nu~ber on v~ry artlcl~ appearing in th~ -pubLlcatlon. Slnce ob~ecto likQ n~w~pap~r article~ csn b~
~athered togeth~r int~ cla~se~, tho challenge i* to ~ep~r~to ll~o ob)ect~ from unlik- ob~-ct~ b~d upon their ind~vldu~l ch~ractl-~ietic~ ls invantion idontifi-~ and cla~al~les a~tlcle~ of print~d work~ by, A~ ~ ~lnimu~, the author ~nd publlcation. It 1~ pref~rred however, to ~l~o include a compl~t~ dat- and a r~l~tlve ub~ct ind~x nun~er. $hiJ combin~d cl~eel~lcatioh unambi$~uoul~1y identifie~ e~7ery article o prtnt~d work~ urthermore, th~ methodology he~in J~r~e~ to ~d~cAto our youth in ~' ~~~ 2 2~2~,17 library ~kill~ and prac~i~e~, and t~acho~ H ByE~t~ll 0~ how to collect and build ~ personal r~ferenc:~ fil~ of knowledg~, To the be~t o~ my knowledge, no prior arti~le identification sy~tem a3 de~cribed herein exi9t8, ba~ed upon my following finding~:
(A) In Illu8~ and llbrari~, sp~nnlng 153 ye~r~ of new~pap~r and m~ in~s, ny s~udy ~nd ~n~ly~is 13how no ind~ca~ion o~ this irnont10n ~r boing in p~actic~
(B) Concurrently, my rG~arc~ to n ~tudy o~
mag~zin~. }Io~ I cund thl-t ~omo m~ zin~:~ h~d ~ dato arld publication nam~ on the~ bot~om o Q~ch page. Row~ver, no identity wa~ noted on the artlcl~ its~lf, and th~
artl~le~ did not m#Xo any roorenc:o to a re~l~tive ~ub~e~t index numbering ~y3tom;
(C) ThlL~ty-nln~ curr~nt U. 8.A. n~w~p~p~r~ from n1nq ::
stat~ ~nd from ~oa~t-to-~oa4~ ~nd bord~r-to-bord~r, p1.uo . ' ~ .
f1ve~ oreiS~n n~w~pa~-r~ f~om Can4da, En~land, Frac~, Oe~many ~nd It~ly we~ complat~ly v~id o~ an article-by-art~cl~ dating ~md rol~tlvo aub~ec'c indoxin~
number ~yrtem; ~nd ~ D) Just by coincid-nc:o, two r~cent tel~vl~ion program~, "60 M~nuten~ and "CBS ~v~ning New3", ~howed an 1~O1At~d ~nd undated n~w~pap~r artlcle wh~ch hR~ to b~
~upported and roln~orced by the publication' 8 m~th~a~ al~d m~th-ad's d~t~ to prove a relation~hip ~xi~ted b~twe~n th~ article and ma~thaad. It took thi~ two-~t~p p~ocea~
to prove their point. Thor~ otill lea~e~ a do~lbt i~ the viower'~ mind that the artlcle truly cam- from th~t ~p~clflc maethoad but to further prove it wollld h~ very tim~ly and co~tly.

Thi8 invontion provide~ a tool to a very lar~ numbe~
o poople who doalr~ to eon~truct porsonal flle0 ln e~ery imagln~ leld o ~uman end~avor by clipping or ccpying articl~ from n~wspapors, magazlne~, journal~ and other printed wor~s, and/or by electroni~ally ac~e~sin~ such ~ ~ ~A ~ ~

~ ~ 3 2 ~ 2 r~ 3 1 7 irlformation f~om ~vail~blo dat~ b~so~. Tho~e work~, with an array of per~onal topic~a, can b~ relativsly inde~ d with rea~on~bly goo~ match-up~ to ir~dlv1 du~l int~re~t of ~tud~ntJ, hou~owlve~, ~cionti~t~, nnglnoer~ r~rlan~, wrltors, lAwyer0, o~i~o work-~r~ ~nd ~o on, to mAint~in priVAte (phy~ical or electronic) fll~ 30 a~ to ke~p tracl of evento, dev~lopmentn, per~on~ and ~tc. ~uch fll~
pro~ldo ~ compact ~toro of docum~nt~ th~t clm be orgAniz~d to m~let th~ nood- of ind~ vldu~ m~ll organiZations, nmall bu~ine~#e~, ~mall libr~rle~ or ev~n a laborntory.
Files ar~ organized in ~Ar~ c~u~ wa}r~, for o~ampl~, by a d~te o~ a bro~d ~ub~c~ n~mo; alt-rn~t~v~ly, an ind~x 1~
d~velop~d u~ing one or moro of the ~y~t~m~tic d~orip'cive bibllographia elemont~ that ~re u~od i~ docum~nt~tion to ldentlfy lt~m~ on fil~

The dhte o~ publicatlorl of a docum~nt i3 one o~ the identiyln~ m~nt~ that ~ ~ universally ~mployed to and loe~te document~. Publi~hor~ of naw~pap~r~, magn~ine~
~nd th~ o hav- not ~ddro~r~d th~ no-d- oP ~ lo build~r~, nor h~ve thay provid~d mean~ for th~se F-eople to h~-re a c~mploto and i~cc~lr~t~ dato and/or relative 8tlbJ~Ct lndox cla~ ic~tlon numb~r on ~v~ry artialo.

Now~paper~, mas~azitle~ and the like carry a nnmber of entri~s to ld~ntly the y~ar, volumo, is~l~e, date ~nd t~. ~ow~ver, tho lndlvidta~l itom~ compri~ing the~
publi~h~d worXs, do not hav- a~cocl~ted with e~ch ~uf~ic~ont bibliogrrsphlt: information to pr~ci~ely ident.ify e~ch from tl~e moment it take~ on a ~eparat~ exi~tell~e of it~ own whon it ic clipp~ from the pag- in whlch:
(A) ~ t appeared ~t tho time o origir~al publicatio or (B) when i~ is copied to become a new doe~ment; or ~ C) when a mlt of in~orm~tion i~ s~parated from oth-r lt-ml~ on ~ P~ of th~ orig~n~l ~oc~m~nt.

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~ ` 4 2129~1'7 I~ nearly all ~aE~e~ th~ completl~ dato o pu~licatlon i~ lo~t unl~ that complQt~ date ie ent~red manu211y on the ~lipping or photo~cop~. That action, if it i~
rem~mbered at E~ ub~ ect to human error . An undated or erroneously dat~d clipplng or copy looes much of it~
valu~ .

"Eindin~ r idQntifying lnformation of ~ome kind i~
~lway~ ~s~ociat~d with oach articlo ln printed work~. The identifying inormation m~y include d~crlpl:iv~ ti~le, thQ
~ource, plac~ of public~tion, author' 8 name~
affillatlon of the author( ~ t~ ato of publication i3 ulmo~t alway~ ab~nt. Th~ importance~ of the dato of publi~tion in filing, ~rgani~æing and loca~ g mat~rial of intero~t 1~ w~ll recognized ~y librarian~, ~rchlvi~to as~d documentaliot~. mi~ inv~ntion introdl.lc~4 into tho world of publicat~on, tho u~e o~ the publica1:ion date a~ a koy piece of information in a format that V as~ociate# it with oac:h art~clo. A vari~ty o~ format~ a~e propo~-d éh~ provido a omAll ~nd dodi~atsd nr~, pref~2rably but not n-co~#~lly at th- front ~nd or beqinnlng of ~ach axticle. ~e preorred format will include the publlcfltion' ~Y comploto date ~o ~n integral part o~ th- artlcll~, And aa~ocl~t~d w~h oth~r ldentlying information. Mor~ ~paciflcally, ~aeh articl~ wlll consi~t of a unit compri~ing th~ verb~l and/or graphic me~aqe~
with it~ own ldontlfy1n~ lnformation lncl~ding the publicatlon'~ complot- da~a, t~ author'~ n~m2 and r~l~t~ ub~-ct lnd~ cl~#~flc~tlon nu~b~r. ~or ena~ling el~ctronic reading o all or part of tho informatlon, ~ machino raadablo code (o~ch a~ a bar code) may bo provid~d.

While the format includinq all of the Rbove noted in~ormation i~ preferred, it wlll bo appracl~ted that tho ~_1 invention oncompa~e~ ~ormat- whlch incl~de a r~ngo of information for each articlo a~ followo:
l) ~uthor name ~nd publlsher namn;

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2) ~uthor nnm~, publisher name ~nd complete date;
3~ author name, publlsher name and rQl~tive ~ub~oct index numb~r; and
4) author name, p~blisher namo, complete dat~ and r~latlve ~ub~ GCt matt~r index number.
All of the above may bR aupplem~nted by machin~ readable CodQ .

With pr~sent day comput~r and photo-based compo~ln~
tochnolo~y, ~roating a flexibl~ format to in~l~de th~
publlcAtion~ 8 complet~ dat~ and an encodad relativ~ :
~ub~oct ind~x numbor with ev~ry articl~ n~xpenslve And wlthln the ~each of all publi3her3. ~he publication's : -:
complete dat~ may b~ prlntad in ordlnary numsrlcQl form or in alpha-numarical form. Tho ~ont ~ele~tod may be d-~lgn-d ~o~ oa~y ~anual r~ding and m~chl~ ro~dinq ~ .
~omploying character r~cognitlon toc~nolo~y). Digital dnta can b~ g~n~rat~d diro~tly ~rom th~ d~t~ reco~d and V othor olemont~ o thG articl-'~ rol~tivo ~ubject index numbor or entry into ~ comput0r ba~ed ~ndex. The p~bllcat~on dat~ may al~o ~9 ~nc~dod ~ a v~rloty o~ w~e ~uch a~ bar codff~, diffractional pattorn~ and the lilce Whlch would b- g~n-ratod l~y cor~put~r ~nd prlnt~d a~
m~chlno re~d~blo cha~4ctero ~n the ~ro~ dodlc~ed to tho idontifyinS~ in~orm~tion.

I hAv~t ound, ~ a s~n~ral rul~ and practlGo, ther~
a~ tWo, but hOt llmlted to two, relatlve cla3sii.cation~
~y~teml~ ~uch ao s (A) tho internationally r~cognized Dewey Declmal Cla~ificatlon (DDC) whlch in un~d ~n p~r~onal and ~all publlc llbrari~:
(B) and t~o Unltod St~te~ ~ibrary ~f Congre~
al~4~1~1c~tlon~ (~CC) which io uo~d by l~r~- g~n~ral llbrari~e, ~mall public llbrArles and ~pecial librario~.
Both th~ ~DC) and (~CC) 8y8tem~ ar~ up-dat~d frogu-ntly to provide provi~ions for new eub~ect~ and l~te~
t-rminology$ plu~ anticip~t- fund~montal a~n~

.~ 6 2 1 2 ~ ~ 1 r7 The subject index number in the format will l~e assigned by the publi~her or wrlter-cla~lfier an-i originate from a (DDC), (LCC) or like indexing ~y~tem However, for pre~nt day cost~ eçtive and E~r~ct~c~l rea~on~, but not llmited in scope a~ to how many ~ul~ject indcx nu~ers ~nd digit~ y b~ u~d n a ~y~tem, th~
inv~ntlon now t~ohe~ th6t a thr~ digit E~ub~ct index numb-r, without subdivi~ion numb~r~ doabl~ now. On~s typlcal way t}~- wr~tl~r can s;~n~rat~ ~ ~ub~ct index n~lmbQr t e~ :
~ A) Determln~ tha ~ub~o~t' ~ nam- o~ thonte of th-artt c 1~ .
(~) Now, u~ins~ the~ lDDC)'~ ~lph~botical t~bl~ o "RelAtive Indox~s" by ~ub~ect~ alc out th~ be~t mat~h--up botwo~n tl~e sub~oct'~ namo a~d the~ ralativ~ ~ubject ~ndex numbor.
(C) Now, ~rmed with thQ b~ t ~elativ~ Rubj~e'c inde~
number, that ~ thought to b~ tho b~st match-up between the ~ub j ect ' ~ name and tho inde7~ number f rom thQ
alphabotical tabl~, th~ la3t ~;t~p i- to v~rlf~ th~ above lndex number with the~ "Thlrd Summary" Section of a ~DDC) reference book wh~ch contalns 9g9 rel~tlve s~lb~ec~ in-:len numb~!rs. With 999 ~ub~ect~ to "cal.l-on" or ~Cfl~ pn~
thl~ reduced (DDC) ~y~tem provide~ enough rel.ative ~ul~ect index num}:~r~ for Rm~ll cc~lloctlono. ~30wev~r, thR
writer-cla~-lfier and tho ~le-huilder have ~he o~tion ~n ~urther ~ubd~vid~ cl~e!~, by ~dding more diglt~, t~ fit ~ . ;
tholr n-ods. Once t~ tive ~ub~ct ind~ n~b~r ~n~
lt~ encoded form appo~r~ ~n thQ format, it ~n he r~ad manually and/or el-ctronlcally by the.u~er. Furth~
detail~ can be referenced in the Twelfth Abridged Edition of th- (DDC) book publi~hed ~y the Fo~o~t P~ }nc., ~.ake Placld, Now York.

W~ th the~e ln-place llbrary toola and existing compute~ developments, t.h~ introduction o a form~t ln accordance with thi~ invetltlon in~o newspapers, ma~azine~
and the like, ~hat A~sociates the publication' 8 complete ; , 21~33~

dato with ~ach articl~, wlll ~llow on- to genorat~
computer-ba~e~ ~ndexes with the publication date 6er~1ng as a v~tal component linklng the index numb~r with the document stor~ which may ~ b~od on pap~r, microfilm or vidoo m~dia. Thi~ ~athering of artlcl~ idontity and information i~ not limitod to ~u~t printod works but al~o electronlc work~ generat~d by ~l~ctronic hew#paper~ or tolovi~ion (o~ by ~cAnninq prin~-d work~ into An ol~ctronic dRt~ base) which can b~ acce~aed through mod~m~
by computQr u~r~

Wlth regard to ~l~ctronlc publl~htng, ~ ~hould also b- noted that thl~ inv~ntion may b~ incorporat~d lnto th~
StandArd Generaliz~d M~rkup han~uage (SGM~) currently boing dev~loped by publl~hor~. Thi~ i~ a ~tandardizod orm~t for labol~ng ~rlou~ m~nto ~n an ~ t~o~lc documont to facilitate indoxing, 30Arching, etc.

potentl~l u~ of thi~ ~nvention ~r~ vari~d. For ~xompl~, publisher~ c~n g~n-~to ro~enu~ and provide n co~munity ~erYico a~ follow~:
1. Since publi0hors ~nd thelr af~illate~ own what th~y prlnt, thoy c~n dovolop a roglonal ln-hou~o slectronlc cl~ppln~ ~-rvlc- ach month to organ1z~tlon~
who nood art~clo documentation and ub3ect trond analy~ . Typical u~or~ of thi~ pe~sonaliz~d serVi~
would b~ ~
a. fMunicipaliti~ ~Clty/Coun~y/State).
b. Inc~itutionc (Colle~o~/~o~pital~/Bank~).
c. Llbrarl-?3 ~Publlc/Coll~çlf~f~Privato).
d. Bu~lne~es ~Touriemf~Re~l~or~/Car ~ Boat D~lexa and etc~.
2. A private company ~not a publi~her) co~ld al~o perorm ~ ~lmila~ clipping ~ervlce to tho above s~lea tarq~t~ providing all partioo ~Publi~her + Clipper Buyor) ndho~o to copyright law~.
~J 3. Revenu~s can ~lfso matoriallze through cu3tom lndex n~mber~ ~enerAt~d ~or adverf~lzer~ o~ di~play ~nd to ~' `''`'''"''''''"`"''`'''`''"'' "''''''''''''`"'' " `'' ` '' ' ` i`' ' ''' '"' ~";' "' `''" ` ' " ' 8 212331 ~

track and correlate sales cate~ory-by-category and subdivl~lon~ like footwear ~irl~Boy~/~Qdios/Men) or computer good~ Qnd it~ wlde range of subdlvi~ion6.
4. The invention s~rv~ to educ~te youth ln llbrary ~kllls ~nd practice~, and teache~ a ~yst~m of how to collect and build a per~onal re~erence fll~ o~ knowl~dg~.
Thl~ on-going pro~o3s e~ist~ betwe~n th~
Article-Wrlter-Cla~sif~or and tho Arti~le-Fll--~uild~r ~y intoract~ng with th~ ~ormnt'~ ol-men~ to ~ocu~ upon th~
~otnt mi~on to un~mbi~uou d y ld-ntly articl~# of prlnt~d work~. Slna~ "KnowlHdgo ~ Power" (Sr. Fr~nci~
Bacon/1605), ~hi~ invention will fur~hcr p~opar~ ~tudont~
to llvo in th~ ino~matlon ~g~.
5. Unliko tol~vi~lon or r~dio, whi~h i~ bri~fly ~oon and heard, t~is invontion provldo~ th~ pu~lish~r'~ q-n~
reader~ip tho option to manually clip and fil~ or oloctronically ~can and otoro acc~r~tQly id~ntifi-d artlclo~ of print~d work~.
V 6. Al~o, th~ publi~hors thom~ e~ can ~ave money in-hou~o ~y el~minating ma~u~l clipping sy~tem~ which would Aave tim- and cave the ~pace occupied by th~ back i~u~ ub-files and clutt~
.
In lts broad~r a~pect~, therofore, t~e pre~ent inv~ntion rel~ to a ma~c di~t~lbut~b~- pr~nt media oub~trate ~ontainlng at leaot on~ art~cl~ on a p~gs, th~
~t lQa~t one ~rticle lncluding A title and ~latod toxt, the lmprov~ment co~prlalng printed lnformation including At lea~t tho ~u~hor and publ~catl~n namo in clo~o proxlmlty to tho at l~t ono articl~.

In it~ pr~forred for~, the printed lnformatlon al-o includo~ tho completo public~tion dato and ~ r~l~tlvo sub~ect ~att-r lnd~x number, nlong wlth machtno readabl~ :
oncoding.

Additlonal ob~ec~ and ~dvanta~e0 will be~o~e apparent from the det~iled de~cr~ption which follow~.

? 9 2 1 2 9 3 1 7 ...

FIGURE 1 illu~trates e. group of ~e~ren ractangular formats (but not limited to sev~n, nor to a recta~ lar deslgn) exhibiting a variety of contents and arrangement~
whlcb lend clar~ty to tho id~ntlty of print~d worX~

Wlth ~af~r~nce to ~ ro 1, s~von altornativ~ format~
for id~ntlying a~tlcl~ in prlnt~d workll are ~hown. In each, ~o~enc~ numor~l~ Ar~ mploy~d a~ follow~, a. All 18'-] refer to th~ namo of the writer or ::
so~lrco of tho articl~, b, All ~g' ~ ro~ar to tho publicatlon (publi~her) name;
c . Tho [ 10] rof-r~ tc~ cc~mbln~ltion llno ~on~i~tlng of th~ completo dat~ and an A- I~ mark to indicate oxlgin of tho ~orvice;
d . q~ t 111 rQ~-r~ to a b~r cod~ r th~ ~omplete dat~ ~nd A~
o . Tlu~ 1121 r~ers to ~ combinatlon llne ~onol ~ting o~ th~ DDC rol~t~ve ~ub~oct indo~ nun~r and A~
. Th~ 113 ] r~r~ ~o a bar c~da or th~ A- Illl and ~h~ DDC relativo oub~oct lndex numbor.
g. l~a tl4] r~er~ to a combinat~on 1ino con~l~tlng o~ tho completo date, A~ and th~ DDC r~lativo sub~ot ind~ mbar~ and h. The 1151 refers to ~ bar cod~ for tho complete date, A~ I~ and tho DDC relative sub~t lndex number.

In tho fir~ ~oSmztt, th~ Aut}~or c~r w~lt~r' ~ name 8 i~
#hown abova tho publ~h-lr na~o ~. Thio in~orma'c1on would typic~lly appear ~unt b-!low th~ titlo o the ~rticle, in th- ~;pace betw~or~ th~ rticle nHm~ d the ~rticl.
it~lf. The inform~ltlon m~y b~ nclo~d in ~1 "box"
ohown but it no~d no~ bo u~ ~nclo~d.

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In tho 8econd form~, ad~itlonal lnform~tion 10 i~
providod in th~ form of tho complate date of th~ axticle along with a trademark or ~ervico mark lndic~ting the origin oE the service. m .
In the third for~at, in~ormation ov~r and above that :;
which i~ lnclud-d in thQ ~econd format i~ provided in ~h~
form of a bar ccdQ ll whlch p~r~it~ electronic r~ding of :
the information oth~rwl~e r~rred to by re~eren~o num~rnl 10 (and, optlon~lly, tho i~formati~n ref~rrod to by rof4rencs numeral~ 8 ~d 9 a~ woll).

In the fo~rth format, it~ms of informat~on 8 and 9 corro~pond t~ the in~ormation pro~idod ~n ~ormat 1, And ln addltion, A ~DC code 12 io pro~ded along ~ith the ~qrvlc~
m~rk.

Eormat 5 19 ~imilar to form~t 4 with the exception that ~ bar csdo 13 1~ addod to per~it maçhine r~ding of tho lnformation othorwiss indicated ~y to~orence ~llmeral 12 ~and, optionally, r~fHrenc~ num~ral~ 8 and 9).

In format 6, ltom~ of inform~tlon 8 and 9 are pro~idod 1n the manner llluotrated ln orm~t 1 and, in ~ddition, info~mation 14 lr p~ovl~ed in tho for~ o~ a compl~t~ date, a ~vice mark, and th~ DDC r~l~tlve ~ub~ect indox number.

Eormat 7 i~ ~imilar to format 6 with th~ ~xc~ption that a bar codo 15 i~ added which enablea mach~ne rsading o the information otherwi~e designated by r~fqr~nc~
numora~ 14 (an~r optionally, ~ofo~onc~ num~r~l~ 8 ~nd 9~.

Tho dr~wlngs and do4i~n~ h~rein ohow ox~pl~xy format(~) and it will be appr-ci~t~d that tho invention ir J not limitod ln cont~nt and arranqom~nt to the opec~Eic examples shown. The appearanc~ can be rectan~la~, o~ral and the lik~ and, as already noted, with or W.ithO~.lt ~3~

11 2 1 2 ~ 3 1 7 and tho like and, a~ alr~ady not~d, with or wlthQut bordero. Ih~ w$dth ~hown h-rein 1~ approxim~tely ~wo inche~ ~o a~ to fit a curr~ntly convent~on~l two lnch wid~
~J n~wspapcr And magazino column~, but th~ arrangQment may be v~ri~d a~ do~lrod. Since tho column hoight ropreRents tru~ ~pac~ and con~plcuou~ con~umption of ar~a, ~h~
dr~wing~ ohow three and ~our lln~ ~omp~ri~on~. ~h~ throq lino format ~how~ lt would be ade~uat~ ~or manual ~eading ~nd clipplng now. Th- four lln~ ~o~m~t 8~0w8 an ~lpha-numerlcal b~r cod- whlch o~r- th~ file-bulld~r tho option to manually cllp and fll~ or ol~ctron~chlly ~can and ~toro artlcl-~ of p~lnt~d worko w~th cl~h~ ldentlty.

While the inv~ntion h~ boon do~crlbed in connection wlth what is pre~ently considored to be the most ~racti~al and proforred ombodlmont, lt 1~ to bo und~r~tood t~t th~ :
inv~ntion 14 not to be llmlt~d to th~ di~lo~cd ~mbodlmont, but on tho oo~r~ry, 1~ intend-d to ~over varlou~ modlfi~ation~ and ~guivalent arran~am~nt~ ln~ludod within the ~pirit and ~copo of t~o ~ppend-~ cl~m~.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. In a mass distributable print media substrate containing at least one article on a page, said at least one article including a title and related text, the improvement comprising printed identification information on each substrate including at least the author and publication name arranged in close proximity to said at least one article.
2. The substrate of claim 1 wherein a plurality of articles appear on said substrate, wherein for each article, printed identification information including at least the author name and publication name are provided on said substrate in close proximity to the respective articles.
3. The substrate of claim 2 wherein said printed identification information includes a complete date of publication.
4. The substrate of claim 1 wherein said printed identification information includes a complete date of publication.
5. The substrate of claim 3 wherein said printed identification information includes a code enabling machine reading of at least the complete date of publication.
6. The substrate of claim 2 wherein said printed identification information includes a subject matter classification number.
7. The substrate of claim 6 wherein said printed identification information includes a code enabling machine reading of at least said subject matter classification number.
8. The substrate of claim 2 wherein said printed identification information includes a complete date of publication, a subject matter classification number, and machine readable code enabling machine reading of at least said complete date of publication and said subject matter classification number.
9. The substrate of claim 8 wherein each article includes a heading and related text, and further wherein said printed identification information appears between said heading and said related text.
10. A newspaper or magazine containing a plurality of articles, each article having a title and associated text, and wherein each article is further identified by information including at least the author name and publication name in close proximity to said title.
11. The newspaper or magazine of claim 10 wherein each said article is further identified by a complete date of publication.
12. The newspaper or magazine of claim 11 wherein said author name, publication name and complete date of publication appear between the title and the text.
13. The newspaper or magazine of claim 12 wherein each said article further includes a code enabling machine reading of the identifying information.
14. The newspaper or magazine of claim 10 wherein each article is further identified by a subject matter classification number.
15. The newspaper or magazine of claim 14 wherein each said article includes a code enabling machine reading of at least some of the identifying information.
16. The newspaper or magazine of claim 15 wherein each said article is further identified by a complete date of publication and a subject matter classification number.
17. The newspaper or magazine of claim 16 wherein each said article includes a code enabling machine reading of at least said complete date of publication and said subject matter classification number.
18. A mass distributable print media substrate having a plurality of articles printed thereon, each article having a heading and associated text, and wherein identification information is provided for each article said identification information including author name, publisher or publication name, complete date of publication and a relative subject matter index number, and further wherein said identification information is arranged in close proximity to the heading and text of each respective article.
19. The print media substrate of claim 18 embodied in a newspaper or magazine.
20. The print media substrate of claim 20 wherein said identification information includes machine readable indicia corresponding to said identification information.
21. A method of providing identification information for a plurality of articles printed in a mass distributable print media comprising obtaining identification information including author name, publisher or publication name, complete date of publication and subject matter index number for each article; and arranging the identification information in said print media in close proximity to each of the respective plurality of articles.
22. The method of claim 21 wherein said identification information is arranged between a title and associated text of the respective articles.
23. The method of claim 21 and including the step of providing a machine readable code adjacent said identification information enabling machine reading of at least some of the identification information.
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