Name Authority Schema - Limited for Release 0.8

The below schema is for CollectionSpace Release 0.8. In the below schema, disabled fields are marked in red; there are no repeatable fields.

Person Information

Information Group

Spectrum

KSS Crosswalk

CDWA Crosswalk

Definition

Field Type

Person Information

Display name


 

A combination of several of the below fields; term that displays in search results / reports. Comprised of primary forename, middle name, and surname, birth date, and death date.

Text

 

Person's forenames

Forename

Person Name

A Person's given name.

Text

 

 

Middle name

 

A Person's middle name

Text

 

Person's surname

Surname

 

A Person's family name.

Text

 

Person's initials

Initials

 

The initial letters of the Person's forenames and surname.

Text

 

Person's salutation

Salutation

 

The form of greeting used in correspondence.

Controlled list

 

Person's title

Title

 

The form of address used by a Person.

Controlled list

 

Person's addition to name

Honorifics

 

Terms of honor used when the Person is referred to in relation to their position or work.

Controlled list

 

Person's birth date

Birth date

Birth Date

The date on which a Person was born.

Date units of information

 

Person's death date

Deceased date

Death Date

The date on which a Person died.

Date units of information

 

Person's place of birth

 

Birth Place

The Place where a Person was born.

Text

 

Person's place of death

 

Death Place

The Place where a Person died.

Text

 

Person's group

 

Person Nationality/Culture/Race

The group (social, ethnic, cultural) to which a person belongs or which he/she identifies him/herself.

Concept authority

 

Person's nationality

 

 

A Person's official current nationality.

Concept authority

 

Person's gender

Gender

Gender

The sex of the individual.

Controlled list

 

Person's occupation

 

Life Roles

The occupation or employment of a Person.

Concept authority

 

Person's school/style

 

 

The primary styles in which a Person worked.

Concept authority

 

Person's biographical note

 

Person Descriptive Note

Information about the personal history of a Person.

Text

 

Person's name notes

 

Remarks

A note primary for documentation purposes to explain why the particular form of name was chosen; notes to distinguish the Person from others with the same name.

Text

 

Term status

 

 

A field noting the status of a term in a vocabulary, whether provisional or accepted

Controlled list

Organization Information

Information Group

Spectrum

KSS Crosswalk

CDWA Crosswalk

Definition

Field Type

Organization Information

Display name


 

A combination of several of the below fields; term that displays in search results / reports. Comprised of primary name, founding date, and dissolution date.

Text

 

Organization's main body

Long name

Corporate Body Name

The name of an Organization.

Text

 

 

Short name

 

The short name of an organization

Text

 

Organization's additions to name

 

 

Additional information about the identity of an organization.

Text

 

Organization's contact name

 

 

The representative of an Organization who is normally liased with.

Name authority: Person

 

Organization's founding date

 

Birth Date

The date on which an organization formally came into being.

Date units of information

 

Organization's dissolution date

 

Death Date

The date on which an organization formally ceased to be. This may be the date on which ti was taken over or wound up.

Date units of information

 

Organization's founding place

 

Birth Place

Information about the place where an Organization came into being.

Place authority

 

Organization's group

 

Organization Nationality/Culture/Race

The socio, socio professional, ethnic or culture group to which the Organization belongs.

Concept authority

 

Organization's function

 

Life Roles

The activities which make up the main business of an Organization.

Concept authority

 

Organization's sub-body

 

 

The name of the sub-body of an organization.

Name authority: Organization

 

Organization's history

Description

Corporate Body Descriptive Note

Information about the history of an organization.

Text

 

Term status

 

 

A field noting the status of a term in a vocabulary, whether provisional or accepted

Controlled list

Contact Information

Information Group

Spectrum

KSS Crosswalk

Definition

Field Type

Contact Information

Address - e-mail

email

The e-mail address used to contact an Organization or Person.

Text

 

Address - fax number

 

The fax number used to contact an Organization or Person.

Number

 

Address - place


The elements of an Address which are required for retrieval purposes.

Text

 

Address - Web

 

The Web address of a person or Organization.

Text

 

Address type

usage type

The status or use of an Address.

Controlled text

 

Address - telephone number

phone

The telephone number used to contact an Organization or Person.

Number