Hi Sarah,

I'm also interested in this since we have a similar problem in our
database. As I've embarked on data clean-up I've made sure that only one
entity is listed in each relevant field so it's possible to get accurate
search results.

In the Geography type field we have options like "Place made, probably" or
"Excavated, possibly" which, while accurate, look awkward. I often wish
there was an editable "geography display" like in the dimensions assistant
so that this could be rewritten. It would also save having to concatenate
the multiple entries for reports.




Nicola Astles
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New-York Historical Society
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On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:58 AM Sarah Biggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Good morning all,
>
>
>
> I was wondering if any of you might have some suggestions for dealing with
> a persistent issue in our cataloguing – namely, how to deal with items for
> which there is uncertain or ambiguous geography.  I was recently brought on
> here at SLAM to re-evaluate our cataloguing practices, and this struck me
> as an immediate problem.  Thus far our curators have largely dealt with the
> issue by writing things like ‘probably Pakistan’ or something similar in
> the *Country* field of the Geography Assistant.  And in cases where there
> could be two or more possibilities, I have found entries such as ‘Syria,
> India, or Pakistan’.
>
>
>
> This obviously makes our data extremely messy, but also creates problems
> when we are trying to pull from the Geography Assistant for label text,
> etc.  Have any of you come up with an elegant solutions to this problem?  I
> would be grateful for any suggestions you could offer!
>
>
>
> Thanks very much,
>
>
>
> Sarah
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