Detail fields for object records

You can record a lot of information about an object on the Detail tab of the object cataloguing page. Some catalogue types have specific fields in addition to the general fields.

Basic object details

• Object number

• Accession date

• Name/title

• Controlling institution

• Collection type

• Classification

• Object type

• Dublin Core

• Brief description

• Public description (About this object)

Production

• Creator (or Maker)

• Creator role (or Maker role)

• Date made

• Period

• Place made

• Place notes

• Production notes

Location history

• Location history

• Location history date

• Location history notes

Current location

• Place mark

• Current location

• General location notes

Learn more about location fields.

Parts

• Item count

• Item count notes

• Part ID number

• Part description

Physical details

• Medium and materials

• Physical characteristics

• Style and iconography

• Technique

• Inscriptions and marks

• Language

• Mounting and framing

Measurements

• Measurements

Context

• Significance

• Subject and association description

• Subject and association keywords

Related objects

• Related objects

• Related object notes

• Related object type

Other details

• Other maker

• Other maker role

• Other name/title

• Other name/title notes

• Other name/title type

• Other number

• Other number type

General notes

• General notes

Cataloguer

• Catalogued date

• Cataloguer

Detail fields for archaeology records

Specimen category

• Specimen category

• Specimen category notes/count

Collection

• Field collection reference

• Field collection method

• Field collector

• Field collector role

• Field collection place description

• Field collection place keywords

• Field collection date

• Field collection time

• Field collection notes

• Site name

• Stratigraphy description

• Geological age

• Geological age description

Detail fields for archives records

• Series title

• Number in series

• Parts/holdings

Detail fields for art records

• Edition

• Portfolio title

Detail fields for history records

There are no specific detail fields for history records.

Detail fields for library records

• Edition

• ISBN/ISSN

• Spine label

• Series title

• Number in series

• Publisher

• Publication date

• Publication place

Detail fields for natural science records

Taxonomy

• Identified by

• Identification date

• Taxonomic classification

• Taxonomic classification notes

• Taxonomic qualifier

• Taxonomic type indicator

• Type ID reliability level

Specimen details

• Specimen category

• Specimen category notes/count

• Specimen age

• Sex

Collection

• Field collection reference

• Field collection method

• Field collector

• Field collector role

• Field collection place description

• Field collection place keywords

• Field collection date

• Field collection time

• Field collection notes

Site

• Site name

Place description

• Habitat keyword

• Habitat description

• Geological formation

• Geological age

• Geological age description

• Stratigraphy description

Storage

• Storage/preservation method

Detail fields for photography and multimedia records

• Edition

• Portfolio title

• Series title

• Format

• Carrier type

• Film type

• Sound/audio