We do use the AltNums field, but are using it in a somewhat unintuitive way in order to accommodate URLs of any length:

The URL goes into Remarks. The Description is "Biography" (or you could use "Authority" or something else). And the AltNum field contains the name of the source, in this case VIAF. We currently collect the URLs for VIAF, Library of Congress Authorities, Getty's Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), as well as Wikidata and Wikipedia.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Smith, Jeffrey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Constituent alternate numbers – using the full VIAF URL as the number.

 

From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Welsh, Sylvia C.
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Subject: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents

 

Hello TMS list,

 

I was wondering where in your Constituents Module you add information from VIAF, etc.? We are looking to start adding that data and were wondering if anyone had suggestions for best practices?

 

Thank you,

 

Sylvia,

 

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