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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3|UM-3 Add / edit content]] > UM-3.2 Add / edit authority records
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[[Main Page]] > [[User manual|(UM) User manual]] > [[UM-3|UM-3 Add / edit content]] > UM-3.1 Add / edit archival descriptions
  
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[[Image:um3-1Full.png|500px|right|thumb|Archival description: all information areas collapsed]]
  
This page describes how to:
 
*[[#create|Create a new authority record]]
 
*[[#related|Create a new authority record from a related record]]
 
*[[#edit|Edit an existing authority record]]
 
*[[#delete|Delete an existing authority record]]
 
  
For detailed notes on individual fields, see the following pages:
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[[Authority record|Authority records]] are structured into [[Information area|information areas]] based on the ICA's ''International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families'' ([[RS-2|ISAAR(CPF)]]). This section describes how to create, edit and delete [[Authority record|authority records]]. The ''Data entry'' pages gives detailed notes and explanations on every [[Field|field]] included on the [[Edit screen]]; where there is a one-to-one correspondence between an ISAAR(CPF) [[Element of description|element of description]] and an ICA-AtoM [[Field|field]], the note typically just gives the ISAAR(CPF) rule verbatim.
*[[UM-3.2.1|Data entry: authority records]].
 
*[[UM-3.4 | Data entry: description control area (same for all record types)]].
 
  
For exiting [[Glossary#Edit mode|edit mode]] (return to the [[Glossary#View mode|view mode]]), see the following page:
 
*[[UM-3.6|Exit edit mode (same for all record types)]].
 
  
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'''Actions'''
  
== Create a new authority record ==
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[[UM-3.2.1|UM-3.2.1 Create a new authority record]]
  
[[Image:um3-2Create1.png|500px|right|thumb|Create a new authority record]]
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[[UM-3.2.2|UM-3.2.2 Edit an existing authority record]]
  
[[Image:um3-2Create2.png|500px|right|thumb|Commit the new record (create) or cancel]]
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[[UM-3.2.3|UM-3.2.3 Delete an existing authority record]]
  
1. On the [[Main menu bar]], click the "Add / edit > Authority record" tab; ICA-AtoM takes you to the [[List screen]] showing all existing [[Authority record|authority records]].
 
  
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'''Data entry'''
  
2. Click the [[Add new]] text that appears in the "Name" [[Column header|column header]] or the [[Add new button]] at the foot of the list; ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank [[Edit screen]] for data entry.
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[[UM-3.2.4|UM-3.2.4 Identity area]]
  
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[[UM-3.2.5|UM-3.2.5 Description area]]
  
3. Enter data.
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[[UM-3.2.6|UM-3.2.6 Relationships area]]
*See [[UM-3.2.1|Data entry: authority records]] for detailed explanations and notes on fields.
 
  
  
4. You can quit the create process at any time by clicking the [[Cancel button]] in the [[Button block]]; no new record will be created.
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'''See also'''
  
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[[UM-3.4|UM-3.4 Data entry: control area (same for all record types)]].
  
5. Click the [[Create button]] in the [[Button block]] to commit the new record.
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[[UM-3.6|UM-3.6 Exit edit mode (same for all record types)]].
 
 
 
 
6. Note that the [[Button block]] changes after you click the [[Create button]].
 
*A [[Delete button]] now appears for deleting the record.
 
*A [[Save button]] now appears for saving any changes made since creating the record or the last save.
 
*The [[Cancel button]] now means: "do not commit the data entered since the record was created or the last save".
 
 
 
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== Create a new authority record from a related record ==
 
 
 
[[Image:um3-2Related1.png|500px|right|thumb|Create an authority record for a new creator name]]
 
 
 
[[Authority record|Authority records]] can also be created as part of the data entry process for an [[Archival description|archival description]] and an [[Archival institution|archival institution]].
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archival description'''
 
 
 
1. On the "Archival description > Context area" [[Edit screen]], you use the "Creation context" section to register a [[Event|creation event]], associating an [[Archival unit|archival unit]] with its [[Creator|creator]] over a certain date range.
 
 
 
 
 
2. The drop-down list in the "Creator" field is generated from existing [[Authority records|authority records]]. If the name of the [[Creator|creator]] does '''not''' appear in the drop-down list, enter a new name in the "Add new creator name" field.
 
 
 
 
 
3. Enter the remaining fields ("Creation date", "End date", "Date display").
 
 
 
 
 
4. When you save the [[Archival description|archival description]] record, ICA-AtoM creates both a new [[Authority record|authority record]] for the creator as well as the [[Event|creation event]].
 
 
 
 
 
5. For more information on registering [[Event|creator events]] see in this manual:
 
*[[UM-3.2.1|Data entry: authority record]].
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archival institution'''
 
 
 
6. Whenever you create and save a new [[Archival institution|archival institution]] description, ICA-AtoM registers in addition a new [[Authority record|authority record]] for the institution.
 
 
 
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== Edit an existing authority record ==
 
 
 
[[Image:um3-2Edit1.png|500px|right|thumb|Edit an existing authority record]]
 
 
 
1. Navigate to the [[Authority record|authority record]] you want to edit.
 
*For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: [[UM-4|Access content]].
 
 
 
 
 
2. Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Record title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]]. On loading, the [[Edit screen]] displays the record with all [[Area of description|areas of description]] closed; click on an [[Area of description|area]] to access the [[Field|fields]] grouped under it.
 
 
 
 
 
3. Add / revise data as required.
 
*See [[UM-3.2.1|Data entry: authority records]]) for detailed explanations and notes on fields.
 
 
 
 
 
4. To discard all changes, click the [[Cancel button]] in the [[Button block]]; ICA-AtoM returns you to [[View mode|view mode]] ([[View screen]]), with no changes saved.
 
 
 
 
 
5. To save changes, click the [[Save button]] in the [[Button block]]; ICA-AtoM commits the changes and re-loads the page.
 
*Note that re-loading the page causes all [[Area of description|areas of description]] to '''close'''; this behaviour will be revised in a future release (post-1.0 beta) of ICA-AtoM (e.g. page will stay open as it was before save).
 
 
 
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== Delete an existing authority record ==
 
 
 
[[Image:um3-2Delete1.png|500px|right|thumb|Delete an existing authority record]]
 
 
 
1. Navigate to the [[Authority record|authority record]] you want to delete.
 
*For more information on navigation in ICA-AtoM, see in this manual: [[UM-4|Access content]].
 
 
 
 
 
2. Switch from [[View mode|view mode]] to [[Edit mode|edit mode]] by clicking the [[Record title bar]] or [[Edit button]]; this takes you to the record's [[Edit screen]].
 
 
 
 
 
3. Click the [[Delete button]] in the [[Button block]].
 
 
 
 
 
4. ICA-AtoM prompts you to confirm the delete request; click "OK".
 
 
 
 
 
5. ICA-AtoM deletes the record and returns you to the [[List screen]].
 
 
 
 
 
6. Note the following consequences of deleting an [[Authority record|authority record]]:
 
 
 
*If the entity is also registered as an [[Archival institution|archival institution]], the [[Archival institution|archival institution]] record is '''also''' deleted.
 
 
 
*Any [[Event|creation events]] linked to the entity are '''disassociated''' from the entity -- the event remains, but it no longer has the entity as its "subject". E.g. ''entity X'' is registered as the ''creator'' of ''archival unit Y'' over the date range ''1964-1987''; ''entity X'' is deleted; ''archival unit Y'' now simply has a date range ''1964-1987'' without associating this with any particular creator.
 

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Archival description: all information areas collapsed


Authority records are structured into information areas based on the ICA's International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (ISAAR(CPF)). This section describes how to create, edit and delete authority records. The Data entry pages gives detailed notes and explanations on every field included on the Edit screen; where there is a one-to-one correspondence between an ISAAR(CPF) element of description and an ICA-AtoM field, the note typically just gives the ISAAR(CPF) rule verbatim.


Actions

UM-3.2.1 Create a new authority record

UM-3.2.2 Edit an existing authority record

UM-3.2.3 Delete an existing authority record


Data entry

UM-3.2.4 Identity area

UM-3.2.5 Description area

UM-3.2.6 Relationships area


See also

UM-3.4 Data entry: control area (same for all record types).

UM-3.6 Exit edit mode (same for all record types).