Title: Data Dictionary for Collections Development Projects Uploading to Artefacts Canada
Author: PCH

Canadian Heritage Information Network
Artefacts Canada Data Dictionary
Cataloguing Form

•	INSTITUTION FIELDS

INSTITUTION		
INSTITUTION CITY			
INSTITUTION PROVINCE			

•	IDENTIFICATION FIELDS

DISCIPLINE		
CLASSIFICATION		
CATEGORY		
SUB-CATEGORY		
GROUP		
OBJECT NAME		
OBJECT TYPE		
ALTERNATE OBJECT NAME		
QUANTITY		
NUMBER OF COMPONENTS		
COMPONENT PART NAMES		

•	TITLE FIELDS

TITLE		
ORIGINAL TITLE		
TITLE VARIATION		
TITLE TRANSLATION		

•	ARTIST & MANUFACTURER FIELDS

ARTIST/MAKER		
OTHER ARTIST		
OTHER ARTIST ROLE		
MANUFACTURER		
MERCHANT		

•	DATING FIELDS

DATE OF OBJECT, FROM		
DATE OF OBJECT, TO (1)		
PERIOD		
SCHOOL/STYLE		
ABSOLUTE DATE		
DATING TECHNIQUE		

•	DIMENSIONS FIELDS

HEIGHT		
LENGTH		
WIDTH		
DEPTH		
OUTSIDE DIAMETER		
IMAGE HEIGHT		
IMAGE WIDTH		
UNIT LINEAR		
MINIMUM CAPACITY		
MAXIMUM CAPACITY		
CAPACITY MEASUREMENT UNIT   	

•	DESCRIPTIVE FIELDS

MATERIAL		
MEDIUM		
SUPPORT		
TECHNIQUE		
DESCRIPTION		
INSCRIPTION		
MARKS/LABELS		
SIGNATURE		
DECORATIVE MOTIF EXTERIOR   	
DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE		
DECORATIVE ELEMENT		
INTEGRITY LEVEL		
NARRATIVE		
HISTORY OF USE		
OPERATING PRINCIPLE		
CULTURAL CONTEXT		
SUBJECT/IMAGE		
ICONOGRAPHIC MEANING		
EVENTS, PLACES, PEOPLE		
ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATIONS		

•	ORIGIN/USE FIELDS

ORIGIN-CONTINENT		
ORIGIN-COUNTRY		
ORIGIN-PROVINCE		
ORIGIN-DISTRICT		
ORIGIN-MUNICIPALITY		

USE CONTINENT		
USE COUNTRY		
USE-PROVINCE		
USE DISTRICT		
USE MUNICIPALITY		
OTHER GEOGRAPHIC DATA		
USER		
SERVICE BEGIN DATE		
SERVICE END DATE		

•	ETHNOLOGICAL FIELDS

CULTURE		
GEOGRAPHIC CULTURAL AREA   	
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP		
RELIGIOUS GROUP		

•	REGISTRATION FIELDS

ACCESSION NUMBER		
CATALOGUE NUMBER		
MUSEUM COLLECTION		

•	CREDIT & COPYRIGHT FIELDS

BRAND NAME		
MODEL NAME/NUMBER		
PATENT/COPYRIGHT NUMBERS   	
COPYRIGHT-OBJECT		
COPYRIGHT-PHOTO		
COPYRIGHT-IMAGE		
CREDIT LINE-OBJECT		
CREDIT LINE-PHOTO		
CREDIT LINE-IMAGE		

•	PHOTO & IMAGES FIELDS

PHOTO NUMBER		
PHOTO TYPE		
IMAGE THUMBNAIL		
IMAGE THUMBNAIL URL		
IMAGE FULL SIZE		
IMAGE FULL SIZE URL		
IMAGE USER NAME		
IMAGE SERVER		
IMAGE DETAILS

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