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== Describe units of archival materials ==
 
 
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| Describe units of archival materials
 
 
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| The system must:
 
*Include an entity representing an archival description.
 
 
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*1.A Identify unit / object of description.
 
*1.B Describe the context (origin and custody) of material.
 
*1.C Describe content and structure of material.
 
*1.D Describe conditions governing access and use of material.
 
*1.E Identify related archvial materials.
 
*1.F Control description record.
 
 
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=== Identify unit / object of description ===
 
 
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| The system must:
 
*Uniquely identify each description.
 
 
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*1.A.1 Identify unit / object of description.
 
*1.A.2 Name unit / object of description.
 
*1.A.3 Identify the level of description.
 
*1.A.4 Indicate the dates of the material described.
 
*1.A.5 Indicate the extent of the material described.
 
 
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==== Identify unit / object of description ====
 
 
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| Identify unit / object of description
 
 
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| The system must:
 
*Assign one or more unique identifier (codes) to each description such that the description can be linked to the object of description.
 
 
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*[[ISAD(G)#isad3.1.1 | ISAD(G) 3.1.1]]
 
 
 
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*FR-3.B, Assign unique identifiers to descriptions.
 
 
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*Auto-enter values.
 
 
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*<span class="button">information_object::id</span>
 
*<span class="button">information_object:identifier</span>
 
 
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*ICA-AtoM automatically assigns each record a unqiue database ID (<span class="button">id</span>); this value is invisible to users.
 
 
*Users enter their own <span class="field">Reference code</span> (<span class="button>identifier</span>). ICA-AtoM allows any type of value in this field (numbers, text, alpha-numeric code) to accommodate any institutional system for assigning identifiers.
 
 
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*Cannot currently auto-generate next sequential reference code / number.
 
 
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*[[Add / edit content#ISADIdentify | Add / edit content  > Add / edit archival descriptions > Identity area]]
 
 
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=== Template ===
 
 
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*Requirement.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 25 January 2008

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