Difference between revisions of "Dataform"

Latest revision as of 09:13, 1 June 2012

As far as possible, provide the following information:

DESCRIPTION A free text, unstandardized description of the content(s) of the resource without any limits concerning size, terminology. In full sentences and well formulated; not a list of keywords! If this text is taken over from secondary literature or the web, etc., the references have to be given.

Every source has to be described by giving information on

date or timespan,
author or creator,
origin,
location where the source is kept, including shelfmark, inv. nr., etc.
editions, most important secondary literature.
If the source is a text it should be offered in its original language and in English translation

The animals that are occurring in any kind of textual source should be marked by boldfaced letters to make them easily detectable.

Contact information concerning the (copyright) owner of the source has to be given.

The author of the entry is asked to identify herself/himself by name, institution and email.

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+As far as possible, provide the following information:
-Before you begin with the data entry, create an account.
+<br>
-Data input should be done by registered contributors only.
+<br>
+<br>
+DESCRIPTION A free text, unstandardized description of the content(s) of the resource without any limits concerning size, terminology. In full sentences and well formulated; not a list of keywords! If this text is taken over from secondary literature or the web, etc., the references have to be given.&nbsp;
-How to create a single document for the database?
+<br>
+Every source has to be described by giving information on
-Step one:
+*date or timespan,
+*author or creator,
+*origin,
+*location where the source is kept, including shelfmark, inv. nr., etc.
+*editions, most important secondary literature.
+*If the source is a text it should be offered in its original language and in English translation
-Click at the "sources" button on the navigation-bar
-and navigate to the type of source you have information about.
-Choose the region and period for the piece of information you want to document and click on the field at the table
+The animals that are occurring in any kind of textual source should be marked by boldfaced letters to make them easily detectable.&nbsp;
+Contact information concerning the (copyright) owner of the source has to be given. <br>
-Step two:
+The author of the entry is asked to identify herself/himself by name, institution and email.
-If it is the first document in this group, a new window will open. Give the sourcepiece a short title and put it in []
+<br>
-eg. [altarpiece in sigishoara] and click on the save button. After saving this, the title appears in red letters - which indicates a link to a new document which is empty.
-Click on the title of your new document - an empty editor field opens.
-Step three:
-As far as possible, provide the following information:
-DESCRIPTION
-A free text, unstandardized description of the content(s) of the resource without any limits concerning size, terminology. In full sentences and well formulated; not a list of keywords! If this text is taken over from secondary literature or the web, etc., the references have to be given.
-CREATOR
-Person who had "produced" the ‘source’; like author or artist or website creator; or unknown for an archeo(zoo)logical source object; or the name of the ‘creator’ of the content, that is, e.g., of an archeozoological Excel table
-Use the format: last name, first name(s)
-Multiple entries have to be separated by a semicolon
-PUBLISHER
-Institution were the object is kept
-CONTRIBUTOR
-The person primarily responsible for creating the entry into the database
-Use the format: last name, first name(s), e-mail, institution
-DATE
-A date associated with the creation or availability of the resource. Use the format DD.MM.YYYY
-If the date of creation is unsharp, use a timespan,
-e.g., 00.00.1470-00.00.1500
-SUBJECT
-The topic of the resource, that is, the animal name(s) (like elefant) or animal part name(s) (like chicken soup) or animal product name’s (like crocodile belt).
-SOURCE
-Detailed source description including references to publication or archive, shelfmark, or museum, inv. nr., or archeological depository, inv. nr., etc.
-LANGUAGE
-Langage of the source and/or language of the description (e.g., on the website).
-RELATION
-Known content links to other sources that are already part of MAD or should become part.
-COVERAGE
-The spatial characteristics of the content of the resource. Use geographical names always in the original language, in the following order: part of place (if relevant), place name, region or province or county, country; e.g.: Elefantenalm, St. Georg, Salzburg, Österreich; Berkeley,
-California, US
-RIGHTS
-Contact address of the owner or copyright owner, to be contacted if mmaterial is going to be published.
-Step 4:
-Select the display format XML in the clickbox
-Step 5:
-Save the document on your hardisk. It is necessary to save each entry separate. To keep your data together, give the files clear names – e.g. name&ascending number: chronicle1.xml

Difference between revisions of "Dataform"

Latest revision as of 09:13, 1 June 2012

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