Summary

Conceptual Model Groups make up the overall structure of the Records in Context - Conceptual Model. These groups are: Primary Entities, Supporting Entities, Attributes and Relations.

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Primary Entities
Primary Entities are the conceptual and physical entities that are considered essential in describing records. In the Records in Context - Conceptual Model, 15 entities were identified as essential for record description. The top-level Primary Entities are Record Resource, Agent, and Activity. The model defines each of these entities, elaborates on their attributes, and outlines the relations between them. These entities are:

RiC-E00 - Record Resource
RiC-E01 - Record
RiC-E02 - Record Part
RiC-E03 - Record Set

RiC-E04 - Agent
RiC-E05 - Person
RiC-E06 - Group
RiC-E07 - Family
RiC-E08 - Corporate Body
RiC-E09 - Position
RiC-E10 - Delegate Agent

RiC-E11 - Activity
RiC-E12 - Function
RiC-E13 - Process
RiC-E14 - Action
RiC-E15 - Rule

Supporting Entities
Supporting Entities are entities used in the description of the Primary Entities. Like the Primary Entities, the Supporting Entities have attributes that characterise and distinguish each instance of the entity as a distinct concept or thing. Supporting Entities are those bits of information that we use to qualify, indentify, particularise, classify and categorize both entities and their relations.

In the Records in Context - Conceptual Model, 16 Supporting Entities were identified as useful for archival description. These Supporting Entities are grouped into four categories (Appellation Entities; Classification Entities; Dates and Places; and Concept or Thing). The model defines each of these entities, elaborates on their attributes, and outlines the relations between them. These entities are:

Appellation Entities
RiC-E16 - Name
RiC-E17 - Title
RiC-E18 - Term
RiC-E19 - Class Code
RiC-E20 - Global Persistent Identifier
RiC-E21 - Local Identifier

Classification Entities
RiC-E22 - Occupation
RiC-E23 - Activity Class
RiC-E24 - Documentary Form
RiC-E25 - Record Class

Date/Place
RiC-E26 - Date
RiC-E27 - Single Date
RiC-E28 - Date Range
RiC-E29 - Date Set
RiC-E30 - Place

Concept/Thing
RiC-E31 - Concept or Thing

Attributes
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Relations
Relations connect two RiC-CM entities. They can be used for recording any connection that has some meaning and impact in the archival world from a certain point of view, particularly for understanding and anticipating the history and content of Record Sets or for discovering complementary records. In the Records in Context - Conceptual Model, Relations are arranged… (Text TBC)

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