MR-1.1.2

Assign names to the object of a description

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Specification

The system must be able to:

• Assign a title to an archival descriptions.

• Accommodate multiple titles (variants, title changes).

• Differentiate the authorized title from variants.

• Support explanatory notes on titles.

Context (parent requirements)

• MR-1 Record information about archival materials

• MR-1.1 Register units of description

Source quotations

• ISAD(G) 3.1.2

• OSARIS

Associated functional requirements

• FR-2.5.1 Identify units of description

Associated quality requirements

The application should be able to:

• Support drop-down value lists for data entry of Type of title.

• Retrieve descriptions by any name (authorized or variants).

Associated technical requirements

ICA-AtoM fields

• information_object::title

• information_object::alternate_title

• note::note_content

• note::note_type

ICA-AtoM implementation

• ICA-AtoM include a Title field in the InformationObject table.

• ICA-AtoM does not impose any formatting rules on titles.

• ICA-AtoM stores Title notes in a separate Note database table, allowing users to register as many notes required (no limit).

Known issues

• ICA-AtoM v1.0 beta does not handle multiple titles.

• ICA-AtoM v1.0 beta does not support date ranges on titles for previous names of description.

Use cases

User Manual sections