MTD-1.1.3

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• MTD-1 Record information about archival materials
  • MTD-1.1 Register units of description
    • MTD-1.1.3 Indicate the level of description

Indicate the level of description

Requirement number	MTD-1.1.3
Requirement name	Indicate the level of description
Requirement specification	The system must be able to: Identify the unit of description's position within the hierarchy of arrangement.
Source quotation	ISAD(G) 3.1.4 OSARIS
Associated functional requirements	FNC-1.2.1 Describe material at multiple levels of arrangement FNC-2.5.1 Identify units of description
Associated quality requirements	The application should be able to: Provide drop-down value list for data entry of Level of description. Provide pick-lists for data entry when specifying unit's position in the hierarhcy of arrangement.
Associated technical requirements
ICA-AtoM fields
ICA-AtoM implementation	ICA-AtoM includes a Level of description field with a drop-down list for selecting values. Value list can be customized by the system administrator to include only levels employed by the institution. The values in this list themselves reside in a separate database table (Term). ICA-AtoM links the current description with others in the hierarchy of arrangement throught the Parent level field in which the user selects the "parent" description (left blank if the description represents the highest level).
Known issues
Use cases
User Manual sections	Add / edit content > Archival descriptions > Edit screen (data entry) > Identity area: steps 9-10.