SMK Name Authority Requirements
- Kim Brasen (Unlicensed)
This page contains our additional requirements for a Name Authority.
Name Authority
In addition to the CollectionSpace Name Authority Schema we require the following fields:
Information Group |
Information Unit |
Definition |
Data Type |
Repeatable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Person information |
Person's name > Name type |
An indication of the type of name, to be used if the authority is intended to be compliant with standards for thesaurus construction. |
Controlled list |
No |
|
Person event |
Terminology referring to a critical event, activity, state or status, or situation in the person's life including active, baptism (e.g., when the Birth Date is unknown), participation in competitions, or location (i.e., flourished) of a corporate body. Events must be accompanied by a date or a geographic place. |
Controlled list or Concept authority |
Yes |
|
> Person event date |
A description of the date or range of dates when the event took place or the state, status, or situation was in effect. |
Date units of information |
No |
|
>> Person event date - earliest |
The earliest date applicable to the event. |
Date units of information |
No |
|
>> Person event date - latest |
The latest date applicable to the event. |
Date units of information |
No |
|
> Person event place |
The geographic place where the event took place or the state or status (e.g., location) was in effect. |
Place authority |
No |
All fields derive from the CDWA. The Person Event module will meet our (and other Fine Arts institutions's) requirements concerning artist's places of activity etc..