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Repeatable Field
Optional Field
Label Components
NameTypeDescriptionEquivalent PropertyControlled Vocabulary
Optional Fieldcurrent_shelfmark
text
If this record is an extant (not hypothetical) document, the shelf mark by which it can be requested or, in the case of unavailable archives, by which it is known.
Query Q104842294
    Optional Fieldlocation
    foreign key
    Location of the object, structure or event, i.e. the Mona Lisa\'s location is the Louvre Museum.
    Property P276
      Optional Fieldcollection
      text
      A single collection of materials with some unifying characteristic, housed in an archive.
      Query Q9388534
        Optional Fieldinvented_label
        text
        If this record is a hypothetical document, a useful label by which to recognize and refer to the document.
          Hypothesis
          NameTypeDescriptionEquivalent PropertyControlled Vocabulary
          is_hypothetical
          vocabulary
          Whether the entity is attested (True) in a hypothesis or whether it is received as fact that it exists or existed (False).
          • Yes
          • No
          • Maybe
          • unknown
          Optional Fieldclaim_freetext
          text
          [Temporary]
          Brief note about the hypothesis that attests to this record\'s existence. This information is meant to be a temporary note that will eventually be entered into a Hypothesis entity, which should be linked back to this record.
            Description
            NameTypeDescriptionEquivalent PropertyControlled Vocabulary
            collection_of_fragments
            vocabulary
            Whether or not the document is a collection of fragments, compiled at a date significantly later than when the manuscript components were themselves created, i.e. a 19th-century collection of 12th- and 13th-century fragments.
            • Yes
            • No
            • unknown
            Repeatable FieldOptional Fieldold_shelfmark
            text
            Outmoded shelf marks by which the archival object used to be known and referenced.
              Repeatable FieldOptional Fielddigitization
              foreign key
              A digitization of the archival object, preferably in its entirety.
                Repeatable FieldOptional Fielddigitization_freetext
                text
                Placeholder
                Reference to a digitization that hasn\'t yet been added to the database, as a means of temporarily storing information that will eventually be linked via an entity to this record.
                  Production
                  NameTypeDescriptionEquivalent PropertyControlled Vocabulary
                  Optional Fielddate_of_creation
                  date
                  Time when the entity begins to exist.
                  https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P571
                    Optional Fielddate_freetext
                    text
                    Brief, human-readable description of the date given to this record.
                      Optional Fielddate_of_creation_source
                      text
                      Notes about the source of the creation date information, including a human-readable summary or transcription of the time range. Can include a brief bibliographic citation.
                        Optional Fieldplace_of_creation
                        foreign key
                        Place where the entity was conceived or made.
                        https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1071
                          Optional Fieldplace_of_creation_freetext
                          text
                          Placeholder notes about the entity\'s place of creation, to eventually be converted into a relation to a Place entity.
                            Optional Fieldplace_of_creation_source
                            text
                            Notes along with bibliographic citation about the source of the creation place information.
                              References
                              NameTypeDescriptionEquivalent PropertyControlled Vocabulary
                              Repeatable FieldOptional Fielddescribed_by_source
                              foreign key
                              Work where the item is described.
                              Property P1343
                              \nDescribed in source / written about in / described by encyclopedia / described by reference work
                              https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1343
                                Repeatable FieldOptional Fielddescribed_at_URL
                                text
                                Described at webpage.
                                Property P973
                                  Optional Fieldonline_catalogue_URL
                                  text
                                  URL of the page in a library or archive\'s digital catalogue that serves as the reference for the document.
                                  Property P8768
                                    Optional FieldARK
                                    text
                                    Archival Resource Key for the item or notice in the archival institution\'s catalogue / system.
                                    Property P8091
                                      Repeatable FieldOptional Fieldreference_notes
                                      text
                                      Brief notes about a reference and/or citation that should eventually be added to the database and linked to this record.
                                        Review
                                        NameTypeDescriptionEquivalent PropertyControlled Vocabulary
                                        review_status
                                        vocabulary
                                        Status of record\'s preparation for public view.
                                        • Action required
                                        • Open
                                        • Publish
                                        Optional Fieldreview_note
                                        text
                                        Information to help with review of this entity.