Context menu
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Navigate: context menu box
The Context menu box provides a series of links to records relating to the current description. It is visible on the View and Edit screens. The links available on the Context menu box vary by record type. Each is described separately below.
Archival description
The Context menu box for archival descriptions includes the following links:
1. Archival institution displays a link to the repository holding the material described; taken from value entered in the Repository field (Context area).
2. Creator displays links to the authority record of the corporate body(ies), person(s) or family(ies) registered as the creator(s) of the material in the Creation context fields (Context area).
3. Related descriptions shows the hierarchy of arrangement in which the current record (highlighted) is situated and provides links to the related descriptions in the hierarchy. Levels of description that contain lower levels ("children") can be expanded / collapsed to show / hide the links to the child descriptions.
Authority records
The GContext menu box for authority records includes the following links:
1. "Creator" displays links to archival descriptions for which the current record has been registered as the creator.
- Typically creators are registered only at the highest level of description: fonds, collection, series (for institutions using the series system).
Archival institutions
The Context menu box for archival institution records includes the following links:
1. "Authority file record" displays the link to institution's full authority record.
2. "Holdings" displays links to archival descriptions registered to the current record as in the "Repository" field.
- Typically a repository is registered only at the highest level of description: fonds, collection, series (for institutions using the series system).