Collections Description (CD) Standard

Collections Description

Use Cases

Collections Description Charter

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Collection

Collection::Metric

1 CD record for The Field Museum where:- basisOfCollection = Institution collectionID = 1234- dateFormed = 2000 hasParent = No- currentStatus = Active ParentID = Null- title = The Field Museum

1 CD record for The Field Museum’s Zoology Collections- basisOfCollection= Collection collectionID = 456- hasParent = Yes title = Zoology Collections- ParentID = 1234

1 CD record for the Carpenter Accession in the Invertebrates Collection- basisOfCollection = Accession- hasParent = Yes- parentID = 789- dateFormed = 1895- cataloguedCount = 4,450

- name = Philip Carpenter Collection- recordedBy = Philip P. Carpenter- region = Mazatlan- phylum = Mollusca- collectionID = 5432

1 CD record for The Field Museum’s Invertebrate Zoology Collections- basisOfCollection = Collection collectionID = 789- hasParent = Yes title = Invertebrate Zoology Collections- parentID = 456

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