Staff working in Forum will work with either or both of the cataloging models introduced in 2024:
- A standalone item record describing the object being cataloged--the work--plus information about a single image
- An item record for a single image that is linked to a "work container" that describes the object being cataloged
Item records and work containers have the same list of fields with the same data types, rules, and conventions.
Depending on the Forum project, item records may also have two fields that associate them with a work container: the work container link and the sequence of the item among other items linked to the same work container.
Work-Level Fields for Items and Work Containers
| Field Name | Type | |||
| Alternative Title | Text | |||
| Artstor Classification | List | |||
| Artstor Country | List | |||
| Associated Name | Linked Authority | |||
| Collection Finding Aid | URL | |||
| Creation Site | Linked Authority | |||
| Creator | Linked Authority | |||
| Culture | Linked Authority | |||
| Date Description | Text | |||
| Description | Text | |||
| Discovery Site | Linked Authority | |||
| Earliest Date | Number | |||
| Former Site | Linked Authority | |||
| Has Larger Context | ||||
| HOLLIS | URL | |||
| In House Notes | ||||
| Inscription | Text | |||
| Latest Date | Number | |||
| Larger Context For | ||||
| License | List | |||
| Location | Linked Authority | |||
| Materials | Linked Authority | |||
| Techniques | Linked Authority | |||
| Materials Techniques Note | Text | |||
| Measurements | Text | |||
| Private Owner | Linked Authority | |||
| Related Information | ||||
| Related Works | Text | |||
| Repository | Linked Authority | |||
| Repository Number | Text | |||
| Rights/Access Information | Text | |||
| Standardized Rights | List | |||
| State/Edition | Text | |||
| Style/Period | Linked Authority | |||
| State/Edition | Text | |||
| Subject | Linked Authority | |||
| Techniques | Linked Authority | |||
| Title | Text | |||
| Work Type | Linked Authority |