Field types
Authority record
Field type normdata. What is stored is a reference to an entry
in the authority data library. Data entry from the cataloguer’s side is described under Authority record .
Parameters
| Key | Values | If omitted | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
vocabularies | List of source keys | gnd, wikidata | Which sources the search offers, for example gnd, wikidata, aat, obg, iconclass, lido-eventtype, lokal:hausliste |
editable | own, all, none | own | Which records may be edited in the form: only your own terms, all, none |
The field details have a section of their own for vocabularies; editable is under Parameters.
With own, terms from an external source stay locked so that they do not quietly drift away from it;
only the remark can always be written.
The list of sources can be overridden per project without creating a second field. You do this with a configuration hook:
JSON{ "hooks": { "134": { "vocabularies": ["lokal:hausliste"] } } }
See Field configuration .
Subfields
Available everywhere as Feldname~unterfeld: in filters, in the Excel export, in Word templates and in the
Word add-in:
~id, ~label, ~uri, ~vocabulary, ~ident, ~gnd_id, ~wikidata_id, ~description, ~image, ~comment, ~parent_uri, ~lang, ~raw, ~source
~uri is the identifier that the LIDO and MDS exports output as the term’s identifier. In templates you
usually mean ~label; the field without a subfield returns a concatenation of several identifiers.
Formatting
| Formatting | Identifier | Preselected | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label only | standard | gallery, table, kanban | Name form, otherwise the raw value |
| Label with source | quelle | nowhere | Name form with the GND identifier in brackets, without GND with the Wikidata identifier |
See Formatting .
Inheriting
Other fields of the same object can take over details from this field’s authority record, such as the title and year of a bibliographic reference. The authority data field itself can create the people in the reference as links. Both are set up in the field details in the section Inherit, see Fields .
When another field type fits
| Need | Field type |
|---|---|
| A short house list that nobody needs outside this field | Select list . A house list of your own as a source is also possible |
| People and institutions with postal address and contact details | Address |
| Places with coordinates | Geolocation |
How authority data fields are bound to metadata standards is described under Bind fields to standards .