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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	Required Data Field	Optional Data Field
article	An article from a journal or magazine.	author, title, journal, year;	volume, number, pages, month, note, key
book	A book with an explicit publisher.	author/editor, title, publisher, year;	volume/number, series, address, edition, month, note, key
booklet	A work that is printed and bound, but without a named publisher or sponsoring institution.	title;	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.	author/editor, title, chapter/pages, publisher, year;	volume/number, series, type, address, edition, month, note, key
incollection	A part of a book having its own title.	author, title, booktitle, publisher, year;	editor, volume/number, series, type, chapter, pages, address, edition, month, note, key
inproceedings	An article in a conference proceedings.	author, title, booktitle, year;	editor, volume/number, series, pages, address, month, organization, publisher, note, key
manual	Technical documentation.	title;	author, organization, address, edition, month, year, note, key
mastersthesis	A Master's thesis.	author, title, school, year;	type, address, month, note, key
misc	For use when nothing else fits.	none;	author, title, howpublished, month, year, note, key
phdthesis	A Ph.D. thesis.	author, title, school, year;	type, address, month, note, key
proceedings	The proceedings of a conference.	title, year;	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.	author, title, note;	month, year, key

CCCS-defined document types

Entry Type	Description
policy	associated primarily with manual
operational guide	associated primarily with manual; sometimes with book
evaluation study	associated primarily with tech report
case study
loan agreement	associated primarily with manual
project agreement	associated primarily with manual
operational update	associated primarily with tech report
impact assessment	associated primarily with tech report
technical assistance report	associated primarily with tech report
brochure	associated primarily with misc
proposal	associated primarily with misc
terms of reference	associated primarily with misc