RiC Attribute Name

Alternative Names
  • RiC-A28 (RiC-CM Consultation Draft v0.2 December 2019)

Summary

Name is an Attribute in the Records in Context - Conceptual Model.

Details

The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (December 2019) defines and describes Name as follows:
Definition
A label, title or term designating the entity in order to make it distinguishable from other similar entities.

Specifications
The attribute provides brief information about the content or other individual characteristics of the entity being described.
For Record Resource and Instantiation, the name is generally assigned by an Agent; few bear a name from the moment of their creation.

Extensibility
The attribute may be extended with any number of specific attributes.

Value Schema
Free text

Examples
The Letter of Neacsu from Campulung to the Mayor of Brasov;
Digital copy of the Pomarius archival inventory from 1575;
4 March 1842;
2016-08-24 [Date formatted according to ISO 8601];
deed of gift;
doctor;
fundraising, University of Glasgow;
hearing services;
Nelson Mandela;
Papers of the Earls of Liverpool;
Paris;
prime minister;
Sketch Map of the Qatar Peninsula

Gavan McCarthy