---
type: types/type-spec.md
name: source
description: Structured type for source pages that record and summarize ingested raw material
schema: types/source.schema.yaml
subtype_field: source_type
base_dir: sources
title_prefix: "Source - "
page_ref_fields: [entities, concepts]
capture_fields: [fidelity, authority]
guidance: types/source.guidance.md
layout:
  transcript: {dir: transcripts, title: Transkripte}
  analysis: {dir: analyses, title: Analysen}
  article: {dir: articles, title: Artikel}
  document: {dir: documents, title: Dokumente}
  notes: {dir: notes, title: Notizen}
  tracker: {dir: trackers, title: Tracker-Exporte}
  unclassified: {dir: unclassified, title: Unklassifiziert}
---

# Source

This instance's configuration for the `source` type: its frontmatter fields as this schema
requires them, and the page skeleton `wikitool new source` scaffolds. When to use this type and
how to write a conforming page is [types/source.guidance.md](source.guidance.md) -
`tools/wikitool types describe source` composes both into one answer.

## Frontmatter

| Field | Required | Use |
|---|---:|---|
| `type` | Yes | `types/source.md` |
| `source_type` | Yes | One of: transcript, analysis, article, document, notes, tracker, unclassified - no default, see below |
| `author` | Yes | Originator of the source material |
| `raw_files` | Yes | Raw file paths this source **owns** - see "One raw file, one owner" below |
| `fidelity` | Yes (in the tool, not in the schema) | How faithful the *capture* is: `verbatim`, `published`, `secondhand`, `nontextual` - a capture field, see below |
| `authority` | Yes (in the tool, not in the schema) | What the material may claim about its *subject*: `normative`, `reporting`, `opinion` - a capture field, see below |
| `source_url` | No | Origin URL for external sources |
| `source_language` | No | ISO 639-1 code of the raw material's language, e.g. `de`, `en`, `fr` |
| `date` | Yes | Publication or creation date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `tags` | No | Navigation tags for categorization |
| `entities` | No | Titles of the entities mentioned in this source |
| `concepts` | No | Titles of the concepts mentioned in this source |
| `summary` | Yes | One-liner for `kb/index.md` |

## Authoring guidance

- The title starts with "Source - ", followed by the name of the source

## Template

The block below is page material, so it is written in this instance's KB language
(`kb/CONVENTIONS.md` `language:`) rather than in the control plane's English - its headings
become the headings of every page `wikitool new source` scaffolds.

```markdown
# Source: {name}

**Autor:** {author}  
**Datum:** {date}  
**Raw-Dateien:** {raw_files|join}  
**Typ:** {source_type|capitalize}

## Zusammenfassung

TODO: 2-3 Absätze zu den Kernaussagen des Quellmaterials.

## Kernaussagen

- TODO: Kernaussage 1
- TODO: Kernaussage 2
- TODO: Kernaussage 3

## Aufgaben

- [ ] TODO: Aufgabe 1
- [ ] TODO: Aufgabe 2

## Nicht übernommen

- TODO: Was bewusst nicht übernommen wurde, und warum (oder "nichts - die Quelle wurde vollständig erfasst")

## Verwandte Entities

{entities|bullets}

## Verwandte Concepts

{concepts|bullets}
```

`# Source:` stays as a prefix - it mirrors the `title_prefix` and with it the title the page is
linked and cited under. The value behind `**Typ:**` stays the English enum value. When
`wikitool cite` adds a citation, the tool-managed footnote block appears at the end of the page;
what it is called is the instance's decision in `kb/CONVENTIONS.md` (`sections:`).