Cataloging Schema - Limited for Procedural CRUD
The below schema is obsolete. Please see the Cataloging Schema.
Information Group |
Information Unit |
Definition |
Field Type |
Repeatable |
Notes |
Example |
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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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archaic |
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> Object name level |
A statement of the position of the Object name in a classification scheme. |
Controlled text |
No |
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genus |
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> 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 |
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AAT |
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> Object name type |
The type of Object name recorded. |
Controlled text |
No |
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taxonomic |
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> 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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