Good Morning TMS Users,
I have been working on standardizing the geography fields on the Context Tab in the Objects Module by using the Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) and other authoritative standards when needed. I would like to know how other institutions handle the data when a locale or entity has changed its name. Do you record the current name or the former/historic name? If you record both the current and former names in which order do they appear?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Best,
Renee
Renee E. Bomgardner
Data Standards Administrator
Philadelphia Museum of Art
215-684-7288