Detail fields for object records

You can record a lot of information about an object on the Detail Fields 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

Additional detail fields

Each catalogue type may have its own additional detail fields.

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

Archives records

• Series title

• Number in series

• Parts/holdings

Art records

• Edition

• Portfolio title

History records

There are no additional detail fields for history records.

Library records

• Edition

• ISBN/ISSN

• Spine label

• Series title

• Number in series

• Publisher

• Publication date

• Publication place

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 description

• Geological formation

• Geological age

• Geological age description

• Stratigraphy description

• Stratigraphy keyword

Storage

• Storage/preservation method

Photography and multimedia records

• Edition

• Portfolio title

• Series title

• Format

• Carrier type

• Film type

• Sound/audio