Create dataset merlot_collection

- uid: merlot_collection
- type: primary
- description:
- name: MERLOT Collection
- description: The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material. All of these items have been contributed by the MERLOT member community, who have either authored the materials themselves, or who have discovered the materials, found them useful, and wished to share their enthusiasm for the materials with others in the teaching and learning community.
- homepage: https://info.merlot.org/merlothelp/topic.htm#t=MERLOT_Collection.htm
- validated: True
- languages:
- language_names:
- English
- language_comments:
- language_locations:
- Northern America
- Northern Europe
- validated: False
- custodian:
- name: MERLOT
- in_catalogue:
- type: A nonprofit/NGO (other)
- location: United States of America
- contact_name: Jeff Kahn
- contact_email: webmaster@merlot.org
- contact_submitter: False
- additional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERLOT
- validated: False
- availability:
- procurement:
- for_download: Yes - it has a direct download link or links
- download_url: https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?sort.property=overallRating
- download_email:
- licensing:
- has_licenses: Yes
- license_text:
- license_properties:
- open license
- copyright - all rights reserved
- license_list:
- cc-by-sa-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International
- pii:
- has_pii: Yes - text author name only
- generic_pii_likely:
- generic_pii_list:
- numeric_pii_likely:
- numeric_pii_list:
- sensitive_pii_likely:
- sensitive_pii_list:
- no_pii_justification_class: general knowledge not written by or referring to private persons
- no_pii_justification_text:
- validated: False
- source_category:
- category_type: collection
- category_web:
- category_media: books/book publisher
- validated: False
- media:
- category:
- text
- text_format:
- .HTML
- .PDF
- audiovisual_format:
- image_format:
- database_format:
- text_is_transcribed: No
- instance_type: book
- instance_count: 1K

Use the issue body as the source for creating merlot_collection.json, preserving the listed dataset fields and values. Done when the new file represents the MERLOT Collection entry and is included in the repository's dataset records.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.