Oh, and I haven’t been using the Group Completeness. I started to with the Constituent relationships, but it seemed like everything would be incomplete so it wouldn’t be all that useful. And given the type of Object-Object relationships we are now doing it didn’t seem relevant.
D.
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Diane Lee, Collections Manager 860-236-5621 x242
Connecticut Historical Society
From: Diane Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:26 PM
To: 'The Museum System (TMS) Users'
Subject: RE: Linking Object Records
I would be interested in what others are doing as well. We use the linking primarily in the Constituents module for actual family relationships between constituents, such as:
Ancestor – Descendant
Aunt – Nephew
Aunt – Niece
Business – Business
Father – Daughter
Father – Son
…and so on. (Family relationships between Constituents are very useful considering the types of collections we have.)
For Objects we previously had a Parent/Child linking structure set up just as
Related Object – Related Object,
but I’ve been working on changing those to a See Also link just as Object - Object since the objects aren’t really related in a Parent/Child structure, but just as something that relates to another object in the collection on an equal level. I would like to expand the See Also links, as I think they could be useful, so any ideas are welcome, along with seeing what others are doing with the Parent/Child for objects.
Diane.
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Diane Lee, Collections Manager 860-236-5621 x242
Connecticut Historical Society
From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Linda Pulliam
Subject: Re: Linking Object Records
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:50 PM
Hi Alexis,
These are our Parent/Child pairs:
Parent-Child
Accessories-Accessories
Exhibit case-Works of art
Final-Prep for final
Mold-Cast
Object-Accessory
Object(s)-Crate
One of pair-One of pair
Original-Reproduction
Part of set-Part of set
Part of whole-Part of whole
Print-Printing surface
Recto-Verso
Same object-Same object
Shared history-Shared history
Virtual object-Real object(s)
We do not use the Association Assistant.
Good luck with your project.
Linda, MFA
From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lenk, Alexis
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:27 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Linking Object Records
Hello,
I’ve recently been rethinking the linking structure between object records in our TMS and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share the list of relationships they are currently using? I’m interested mainly in the language being used and how specific other users are being with their links. I’m also curious to know if anyone is making use of the “Group Info/Completeness” section of the Association Assistant (setting the links to “complete”, “incomplete”, “not relevant” or “mixed”)?
Any examples would be appreciated. Thanks
Alexis Lenk
TMS Administrator
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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