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Overview of Categories

List of Core CDWA Categories

For the Object, Architecture, or Group

  1. Object/Work
    1.1 Catalog Level
    1.2 Object/Work Type
  2. Classification
    2.1 Classification Term
  3. Title or Names
    3.1 Title Text
  4. Creation
    4.1 Creator Description
    4.1.3 Creator Identity
    4.1.4 Creator Role
    4.2 Creation Date
    4.2.1 Earliest Date
    4.2.2 Latest Date
  5. Measurements
    6.1 Dimensions Description
  6. Materials/Techniques
    7.1 Materials/Techniques Description
  7. Subject Matter
    16.2 General Subject Terms
  8. Current Location
    21.2 Repository/Geographic Location
    21.2.3 Repository Numbers

For Related Textual References Authority

  1. Related Textual References
    27.2 Source Brief Citation
    27.2.2 Source Full Citation

For Creator Identification Authority

  1. Person/Corporate Body Authority
    28.2 Person/Corporate Body Name
    28.2.8 Name Source
    28.3 Display Biography
    28.4 Birth Date
    28.5 Death Date
    28.8 Person Nationality/Culture/Race
    28.10 Life Roles

For Place/Location Authority

  1. Place/Location Authority
    29.2 Place Name
    29.2.8 Name Source
    29.4 Place Types
    29.6 Place Broader Context

For Generic Concept Authority

  1. Generic Concept Authority
    30.2 Generic Concept Term
    30.2.8 Term Source
    30.4 Concept Broader Context
    30.6 Concept Scope Note
    30.6.1 Note Source

For Subject Authority

  1. Subject Authority
    31.2 Subject Name
    21.2.8 Name Source
    31.6 Subject Broader Context

Template of Categories

Each CDWA category and subcategory has been arranged using a consistent template.

For each category

DEFINITION: Overall definition of the category

SUBCATEGORIES: A list of the subcategories within the present

DISCUSSION: A discussion of the issues surrounding the category

For each subcategory

DEFINITION: Definition for the particular subcategory

EXAMPLES: Examples of the data that could populate this subcategory

DISCUSSION AND GUIDELINES A discussion of the issues surrounding the subcategory and guidelines for the content and sources needed for each field

TERMINOLOGY/FORMAT: Applicable controlled vocabularies other resources and advice on how the data should be formatted

RELATED CATEGORIES AND ACCESS: Subcategories that may be related and ways in which researchers might wish to retrieve the information

NOTE: The outline numbers are subject to change; they are intended only to organize this document.

Revised 15 August 2024
by Emily Benoff