5. Iconography Type, Label

A term indicating the general type of subject represented in the authority record.

• Examples:
  • Event/Narrative
  • Religion/Mythology/Legend
  • Literature
  • Character/Person
  • Named Legendary Animal
  • Named Legendary Thing
  • Legendary Place
  • Legendary Built Work
  • Allegory/Symbolism/Theme
  • Guide Term
  • Facet
  • Root Record

Values are controlled by an extensible list; may be subject to occasional additions.

The same authoritative sources that are appropriate for the rest of the record may be used, including data from the repostory of the work.

An indication of the general type of subject represented in the IA record. The type of record, in combination with its hierarchical placement and other information in the record,

Required: It is required to classify the iconography authority record according to general types. See definitions below.

Choose an appropriate term based on the descriptions below.

Character/Person

For named people or beings meeting the criteria for inclusion in the IA (e.g., Agemo, Yoruban orisha, African iconography), but not appropriate for ULAN.

Event/Narrative

For named events, activities, and narrative stories (e.g., Poutini Kidnaps Waitaiki, Maori narrative) and the Great Depression (global economic event, 1929-1939; Global historical events, Named Events).

Literature

For named works of literature or performance (e.g., Dante, Divine Comedy).

Named Legendary Animal or Plant

For fictional named animals (e.g., the Nemean Lion). A fictional named plant may be included here (e.g., Parijata Tree, Hindu legendary tree). Named historical animals should be recorded in ULAN.

Legendary Place

For named fictional or legendary places (e.g., the Maya underworld, Xibalba). Included are physical geography (e.g., fictional mountains, rivers) and administrative entities (e.g., fictional kingdoms) (e.g., Styx River, Greek legendary river).

Legendary Thing

For named legendary or fictional things, whether of manmade or natural origin, acording to legend . Does not include legendary built works (i.e., the Fountain of Narcissus, a legendary fountain in Medieval legend).

Legendary Built Work

For named legendary or fictional architecture or structures (e.g., Valhalla, Norse hall of the afterlife). Not to be confused with planned but not executed built works, which belong in CONA as a work record. A fictional built work is one that is named in literature or another source, but not having plans, an architect, etc.

Religion/Mythology/Legend

General term for a subject that is not history, but from the realm of religion, myth, or legend. Used for such subjects when Event/Narrative, Literature, or Character/Person is not appropriate.

Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

For allegorical or symbolic themes that have proper names (e.g., Triumph of Love over War (allegorical theme; Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)). Generic allegorical and symbolic terms are in the AAT.

Root Record

Used only for the top of the hierarchy, called the Iconography Root.

Facet

Major subdivisions of the IA, located under the Root level.

Guide Term

Used for subfacets, located under the facet level and used to organize the postable terms of the IA.

Concatenated string used to give a brief identification of the iconographic subject in a form intelligible to end users.

Free text. Use Unicode.

The same authoritative sources that are appropriate for the rest of the record may be used.

A label is a brief description of the iconographic subject, to be used in results lists and other displays of IA data.

While the Iconography_ID uniquely identifies the record from a systems perspective, the Label identifies the iconographic subject and distinguishes it from similar iconographic subjects for human readers in results lists and various other displays.

Required-default: The Editor cannot edit the Label directly. It is created by algorithm from the descriptor of the iconography concept record, qualifier, and the parent string (a string of the preferred descriptors for its parents).

Implementors should construct the Label using the following fields in the order indicated below.

1. The record-preferred name of the iconographic subject (e.g., Shiva).

2. The Qualifier/Descriptive Phrase in parentheses (e.g., Hindu deity).

3. The parent string, in ascending order. Include the immediate parent and the Facet name; abbreviate intervening level names as necessary using elipsis (e.g., Hindu characters, … Legend, Religion, Mythology).

4. The Iconography ID (e.g., 1000021), in square brackets.

• Example:
  Shiva (Hindu deity) (Hindu characters, … Legend, Religion, Mythology) [1000021]