This is a guide to finding the relevant default configuration file in CollectionSpace's Application layer, whose settings you might want to override or supplement to configure CollectionSpace for your museum's specific needs.

See Configuring CollectionSpace's Application Layer - An Overview for details of how to override or supplement these default settings by:

Creating your own configuration files within the folder for your tenant, each corresponding directly to one of the default configuration files below. (The settings in your own configuration files will be merged into the default settings.)
Referencing your configuration files in the master ("main") configuration file for your tenant.

Cataloging/objects

Default configuration file	Contains default settings for
`base-collectionobject.xml`	Cataloging (aka CollectionObject) record and its fields

Procedures

Default configuration file	Contains default settings for
`base-procedure-acquisition.xml`	Acquisition record and its fields
`base-procedure-blobs.xml`	Blob record (metadata for binary objects such as images and PDF and Office files) and its fields
`base-procedure-groups.xml`	Group record and its fields
`base-procedure-intake.xml`	Intake record and its fields
`base-procedure-loanin.xml`	Loan In record and its fields
`base-procedure-loanout.xml`	Loan Out record and its fields
`base-procedure-media.xml`	Media record and its fields
`base-procedure-movement.xml`	Location/Movement/Inventory record and its fields
`base-procedure-objectexit.xml`	Object Exit record and its fields

Authority terms

Default configuration file	Contains default settings for
`base-authority-citation-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Citation record
`base-authority-citation.xml`	Citation record and its fields
`base-authority-concept-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Concept record
`base-authority-concept.xml`	Concept record and its fields
`base-authority-contact.xml`	Contact record (a sub-record of Person and Organization) and its fields
`base-authority-location-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Storage Location record
`base-authority-location.xml`	Storage Location record and its fields
`base-authority-organization-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Organization record
`base-authority-organization.xml`	Organization record and its fields
`base-authority-person-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Person record
`base-authority-person.xml`	Person record and its fields
`base-authority-place-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Place record
`base-authority-place.xml`	Place record and its fields
`base-authority-taxon-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Taxon record
`base-authority-taxon.xml`	Taxon record and its fields
`base-authority-work-termList.xml`	Repeatable term information block within the Work record
`base-authority-work.xml`	Work (cultural works) record and its fields

Vocabularies

Default configuration file	Contains default settings for
`base-instance-vocabularies.xml`	Instances of dynamic vocabularies
`base-vocabularies.xml`	Vocabulary record and its fields

Authorization (AuthZ)

Default configuration file	Contains default settings for
`base-authz-accountrole.xml`
`base-authz-permission.xml`
`base-authz-permrole.xml`
`base-authz-role.xml`
`base-authz-userperm.xml`
`base-authz-userrole.xml`
`base-authz-users.xml`

Other functionality within CollectionSpace

Default configuration file	Contains default settings for
`base-authority.xml`
`base-other-dimension.xml`
`base-other-hierarchy.xml`	Fields and behavior in the Hierarchy section of authority records and certain other record types
`base-other-idgenerator.xml`	ID number patterns
`base-other-reporting.xml`	Report record and its fields
`base-other-reportingoutput.xml`	Fields used when invoking (running) reports
`base-other-searchall.xml`	Fields used in search results when searching across all record types (via the Services layer's `servicegroups` service)
`base-other-structureddate.xml`	Fields appearing in structured date popups
`base-other-termlist.xml`	Vocabulary records and their fields
`base-other-termlistitem.xml`	Vocabulary term (item) records and their fields
`base-relations.xml`
`base-schemas.xml`

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