RiC Attribute Event Type

Alternative Names
  • RiC-A18 (RiC-CM Consultation Draft v0.2 December 2019)

Summary

Event Type is an Attribute in the Records in Context - Conceptual Model.

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Details

The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (December 2019) defines and describes Event Type as follows:
Definition
Categorization of an Event.

Specifications
Event types can apply to the history of Record Resources, the life of Agents (biographical events) or for classification, for grouping and searching events.

Extensibility

Repeatability
Repeatable

Value Schema
Controlled value

Scope Notes
Curation events include creation; acquisition; transfer; arrangement; description; digitization, etc. Biographical events include birth, marriage, death, etc.

Examples
acquisition;
birth
natural disaster (i.e. earthquake, hurricane);
record resource curation event (i.e. accession, transfer, arrangement, description, digitization...);
personal event (i.e. birth, studies, marriage...)

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Gavan McCarthy

Created: 11 April 2016, Last modified: 29 January 2020