The below schema is obsolete. Please see the Cataloging Schema.
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Object identification information | Object number | A unique number identifying an object or specimens, including any separated parts. | Controlled number | No |
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| Other number | An alternative number for an object other than the Object number. | Controlled number | Yes |
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| > Other number type | A description of an Other number assigned to an object. | Controlled text | No |
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| Brief description | A text description of an object in approximately one sentence; normally used for administrative and identification purposes. It records the most important information from a number of separate descriptive units of information. | Text | Yes |
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| Comments | Additional comments made about an object by visitors, curators or researchers. | Text | Yes |
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| Distinguishing features | A description of features which could uniquely identify an object, bringing together details from other groups or units of information such as Identification, Inscription, condition which could in a sentence uniquely identify an object. | Text | No |
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| Number of objects | A record of the number of objects at the next level down in an object record. | Number | No |
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| Object name | A description of the form, function or type of object. | Controlled text | Yes |
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| > Object name currency | A statement of the status of an Object name. | Controlled text | No |
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| > Object name level | A statement of the position of the Object name in a classification scheme. | Controlled text | No |
| genus |
| > Object name note | Additional information about the Object name. | Text | No |
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| > Object name system | The classification system from which the Object name is taken. | Controlled text | No |
| AAT |
| > Object name type | The type of Object name recorded. | Controlled text | No |
| taxonomic |
| > Object name language | The language used for the Object name. | Controlled text | No |
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| Responsible department | The responsible department. | Controlled text | No |
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| Title | The name assigned to an object or group of objects by the artist/creator or collector at the time of origin or subsequent titles either specifically assigned or generally understood to refer to it. | Text | Yes |
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| > Object title language | The language used for the Object title. | Controlled text | No |
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| > Title translation | A translation into the organization's first language of a title as recorded. | Text | Yes |
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| > Title type | The nature of the Title recorded. | Controlled text | Yes |
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Date information | Date - association | How a date relates to an event in an object's history. | Controlled text | Yes |
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| Date - earliest/single | The earliest probably or exact date at which an event in an object's history is thought to have occurred. | Date | No |
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| > Date - earliest/single certainty | A term describing the extent to which the Date - earliest/single recorded is thought to be correct. | Controlled text | No |
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| > Date - earliest/single qualifier | A qualification of the earliest probably or exact date at which an event in an object's history is thought to have occurred. | Controlled text | No |
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| Date - latest | The latest probably date at which an event in an object's history is thought to have occurred. | Date | No |
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| > Date - latest certainty | A term describing the extent to which the Date - latest recorded is thought to be correct. | Controlled text | No |
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| > Date - latest qualifier | A qualification of the latest probably date at which an event in the object's history is thought to have occurred. | Controlled text | No |
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| Date - period | A textual expression of the period when an event in an object's history is thought to have occurred. | Controlled text | No |
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| Date text | The textual expression of the date or date span when an event in an object's history is thought to have occurred. | Text | No |
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