Has anyone changed the field properties to allow for > 450 characters? I have some longer urls that got truncated, which is why I repurposed the Remarks field. I worried that if I changed the properties of the altnum field I'd lose some links once we upgrade to the current version. On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:18 AM Danielle Uchitelle < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > At Gallery Systems, our recommended best practice for leveraging linked > data such as VIAF and ULAN is to use the Alternate Number field to hold > this information, as Jeff, Emmanuelle, and others have already said. > > > > Beginning with TMS 2016R2, the Alternate Number field can include a URI > that is dereferenceable (resolvable) to any linked web resource, so that > clicking on the link within the TMS record immediately opens the associated > web page in a browser: > > [image: cid:image003.jpg@01D2DFAD.90EF3DE0] > > > > If you are using eMuseum to publish your collection information, these > linked data references will allow you to include canonic information from > the linked authority in your museum’s collection website. I’ll be hosting > a webinar later this summer to demonstrate this feature using eMuseum 5.1, > the latest version supporting linked open data. > > > > Regarding field lengths, an argument can be made for entering only the > root ID (in the above example, the ULAN ID 500017300) rather than the > entire URL (http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500017300). This would assure > that the linking ID would fit easily within the 450 character limit of this > field, and would also make it easier to manage in cases where a linked web > server changed URL addresses without any change to the URI, although this > should not happen often. Entering the ID without the full URL would still > allow linking data using eMuseum but would mean that you wouldn’t have a > dereferenceable URL to click on inside TMS. In practice, I’ve sometimes > done both in the same record, using the Alternate Number description field > to denote separate rows for ULAN ID and ULAN Subject URL. > > > > Best, > > Danielle Uchitelle > > > ------------------------------ > > Danielle Uchitelle *| *Chief Operating Officer > > [log in to unmask] *|* 646.733.2239 x264 > > *GallerySystems | *www.gallerysystems.com > > > > > > > > *From:* The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *On Behalf Of *Delmas-Glass, Emmanuelle > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 7, 2017 3:55 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > > > *Subject:* Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to > Constituents > > > > Same as Jeff: Constituent alternate numbers – using the full VIAF URL as > the number and with ULAN chosen from the drop down as source of the data. > > Emmanuelle > > > > Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass > > Collections Data Manager > > Yale Center for British Art > > 203-410-4069 > > > > > > > On Jun 7, 2017, at 19:27, 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] > <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Welsh, Sylvia C. > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 07, 2017 11:20 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *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, > > > > _____________________________ > > *Sylvia Welsh, MS LIS, CSI, LEED AP BD+C* > > > > Harvard Property Information Resource Center > > 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, 547 > > Cambridge, MA 02138 > > T 617-496-8275 F 617-495-0559 > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > following commands in the body of the email: > > signoff TMSUSERS > > // eoj > > You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > following commands in the body of the email: > > signoff TMSUSERS > > // eoj > > You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > following commands in the body of the email: > > signoff TMSUSERS > > // eoj > > You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. > To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the > following commands in the body of the email: > > signoff TMSUSERS > > // eoj > > You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. > -- *David Lowe | The New York Public Library**Specialist II, Photography Collection* *Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.org>* To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.