Exhibition Management Schema
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| CSpace Information Group | CSpace Field Name | CSpace Field Definition | CSpace Field Type | Field Repeatable? | Group Repeatable? | Controlled List Contents |
| Exhibition Information | Exhibition number | A unique identifying number for the exhibition of an object or group of objects under the auspices of the organization | Text | No | ||
| Exhibition title | The title of an exhibition | Text | No | |||
| Exhibition type | The type of exhibition | Controlled list | No | Permanent; Temporary; Traveling | ||
| Venue | The name of the institution, gallery, other facility, and/or the geographic location where an exhibition took place. | Organization authority; Place authority; Storage location authority | No | Yes | ||
| Opening date | The exhibition opening date at this venue | Calendar date | No | |||
| Closing date | The exhibition closing date at this venue | Calendar date | No | |||
| Attendance | An estimate or statement of the number of visitors to this exhibition | Text | No | |||
| Web address | The URL of the main website for the exhibition | Validated URL | No | |||
| Planning notes | Text | No | ||||
| Curatorial notes | Text | No | ||||
| General notes | Text | No | ||||
| Boilerplate text | Text | No | ||||
| Working Group | ||||||
| Title | Controlled list; dynamic | No | Yes | |||
| Note | Text | No | ||||
| Person or Organization | Person authority; Organization authority | No | Yes | |||
| Role | Controlled list | No | Conservator; Curator; Curatorial assistant; Educator; Exhibit designer; Exhibit coordinator; Image/media researcher; Preparator; Publicist; Public programs coordinator; Web designer; Web developer | |||
| Exhibition organizer | Person authority; Org authority | Yes | ||||
| Exhibition sponsor | Person authority; Org authority | Yes | ||||
| Gallery rotations | ||||||
| Rotation name | Text | No | Yes | |||
| Start date | Structured date | No | ||||
| End date | Structured date | No | ||||
| Notes | Text | No | ||||
| Bibliographic reference | Citation authority | No | Yes | |||
| Bibliographic reference type | Controlled list; dynamic | No | Catalog; Mention; News article; Press release; Research; Review | |||
| Reference note | Text | No | ||||
| Exhibition Planning Information | Exhibition sections | |||||
| Section | The name of a section in an exhibition | Text | No | Yes | ||
| Location | The location of a section in an exhibition | Text | No | |||
| Objects | A list of objects planned to be on display in a section of an exhibition | Text | No | |||
| Remarks | Any additional information concerning a section in an exhibition | Text | No | |||
| Exhibition status | The current stage in the planning of an exhibition | Controlled list | No | Yes | Final object list determined; labels written; Preliminary object list created; Sections determined; Theme selected | |
| Date | The date on which an exhibition status was recorded | Calendar date | No | |||
| Remarks | Any additional information on an exhibition status | Text | No | |||
| Exhibited Object Information | Object number | Text | No | Yes | ||
| Object name | Text | No | ||||
| Conservation check | Calendar date | No | ||||
| Conservation treatment | Controlled list; static | No | needed; not needed; done | |||
| Mount | An indication of whether all necessary mounting work has been completed | Controlled list; static | No | needed; not needed; done | ||
| Section | An indication of the section of the exhibition in which this object will be displayed | Text | No | |||
| Case | An indication of the case within which this object will be displayed | Text | No | |||
| Sequence number | A sequential number for this object within the case. Can be a catalogue number. | Text | No | |||
| Rotation | An indication of which rotation(s) an object will be on display. If left blank, the object is assumed to not be rotated for the duration of the exhibition. | Text | No | |||
| Note | Any additional notes about the object to be exhibited. | Text | No |