Hi Chad,
“DEXID” is a field that was put in place for NGA when we moved to TMS in 2008 (or at least the name of the field comes from NGA). “DEX” is a reference to our Exhibitions Office which goes by the acronym “DEX” here at NGA. [the “D” denotes
the Director – the Executive Officer under which the Exhibitions Office falls]. I thought this field used to have a different internal column name (maybe something like ExhObjNumber?) and we just changed the field tag for it since that reference is so specific
to us.
We use the DEX ID field as a common reference to objects in the exhibition across number of departments involved in exhibition (Curatorial, Exhibitions Office, Registrars, Exhibition design and installation, Public Information office, Publications
office, etc). Once number is assigned it cannot be re-assigned.
Elizabeth
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Hey Chad,
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I know this is an Exhibition Object reference number, but I can't remember what DEX is an acronym/abbreviation for. Anyone?
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