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CARE: Knowledge gaps in the object's history should always be disclosed (e.g. by stating “not documented” or “not known to us” in the data elements “Person/corporate body”, “Date”, “Place”). Uncertainties or attributions that originate, for example, from the surviving collection entry documentation should be contextualized in a separate data element “Event description” (in LIDO: <lido:eventDescriptionSet>/<descriptiveNoteValue>).
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Comparison with relevant standards and database models
Standard | Element name | Text/URI | Repeatable | Obligation level | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
German Digital Library: Requirements for data provided | (No match) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | |
| Not applicable | Yes (<eventSet>) | Conditionally mandatory Recommended | Mandatory if sub-elements exist. | ||
CCC-LIDO Application profile | <eventWrap> | Not applicable | Yes (<eventSet>) | Conditionally mandatory Recommended | |
| DFG Basic Data Record | (No match, see comment) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Recommended (see comment) | The German Research Foundation recommends documenting a central “relevant” event by specifying a location, naming “relevant” persons (with details of their role) and specifying a “time of origin”. |
| DFG Practical Guidelines on Digitisation: LIDO core metadata | Event lido:eventSet/lido:event | Not applicable | Yes | Mandatory if available | |
| Europeana Data Model (EDM) | (<edm:Event>) | Not applicable | Yes | Not mandatory | Europeana not (yet) uses <edm:Event>. This report recommends the introduction of <edm:Event>. |
| EODEM application profile | Object Production Group /lido:eventWrap/lido:eventSet/lido:event | Not applicable | No | Mandatory | EODEM includes a production event (Object Production Group). |
| Categories for the Description of Works of Art (2024) | Not applicable | No/No specification | Recommended | CORE-Element: Creation | |
| CDWA Lite (2006) | (No match) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | The creation of the object is documented in the following elements: 3rd Display Creator (mandatory) and 4th Indexing Creator Wrapper (mandatory), 12th Display Creation Date (mandatory) and 13th Indexing Dates Wrapper (mandatory). |
| Spectrum 5.1 | Text | Yes | Not specified | The obligation level is determined by the institution. | |
| schema.org (v.29.2, Creative Work) | (No match) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | The actors and dates of the most important events (production, modification, publication) can be specified in individual elements. |
| digiCULT | Ereignis [eng.: Event] | Not applicable | Yes | Recommended | |
| museum-digital | Event | Not applicable | No | Recommended |