1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/grobid_tei_xml/types.py b/grobid_tei_xml/types.py
index 725871b..32b773b 100644
--- a/grobid_tei_xml/types.py
+++ b/grobid_tei_xml/types.py
@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ class GrobidBiblio:
     istex_id: Optional[str] = None
     url: Optional[str] = None
 
+    def is_empty(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        If true, this record is empty (contains no actual metadata)
+        """
+        if self.authors or self.editors:
+            return False
+        return not bool(
+            self.date
+            or self.title
+            or self.journal
+            or self.publisher
+            or self.volume
+            or self.issue
+            or self.pages
+            or self.doi
+            or self.pmid
+            or self.pmcid
+            or self.arxiv_id
+            or self.url
+        )
+
     def to_dict(self) -> dict:
         return _simplify_dict(asdict(self))