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FAQ | Q&A | ISSUES | PROJECT

What does an enarratives record represent?

A narrative is a story that informs the viewer about the associated attached records from other modules. A Narrative can represent a page of content on a website or other application outside of EMu.

  • Live Website
  • Application (mobile, rail, desktop, etc.)
  • Exhibit labels
  • Transect/Plot experimental design and statistics
  • Archived social/public media
  • A place to hang on to data where your focal piece of information is textual, e.g. a story.
  • A Narrative record WILL BE REQUIRED to have a narrative body.

Mandatory Fields

  • NarTitle
  • NarNarrative
  • DesPurpose (Record Type)

Tab Switching:

  • Column Name: DesPurpose
  • Lookup List: Purpose
  • Tab switching: Yes

Record Types:

  • Archive - DEPRECATED
  • Exhibition Graphic - printed file readable by visitors; a label can appear on a graphic
  • Google Cultural Institute - content submitted for the Google Cultural Institute project.
  • Google Expeditions - content submitted for the Google Expeditions project
  • Interview - verbal/transcribed/oral histories; an interaction with a person; a discussion
  • Inventory - records the narrative results from an ecological survey. Should always be accompanied by collection events. eg Rapid Inventories
  • Social Media - archived narrative content of posts from Facebook/other social media platforms
  • Transcription -- Text that is on a physical item eg book plates, illustrations, exhibition graphics. If necessary qualify this with the Sub-type field.
  • Web Narrative -- Content created for inclusion in a Field Museum science website.

Record Structure:

  • Parent/Child; There are fields that allow you to make parent/child attachment but NO data is derived from them into the record itself.
  • Network; There are attachments to records of the same type but no hierarchy exists ie they are lateral attachments.

Summary String(s)

Requests and updates to the summary string should be submitted as issues and tagged enarratives. When approved they should be documented in structural changes.

Default

NarTitle + “: “ + SumSubtitle + DesPurpose + “ - “ + NarDate0(1) + “ [“ + EveEventsRef_tab(1).EveEventNumber

If EveEventsRef_tab.EveEventNumber NOT=EveEventsRef_tab.EveShortName + “: “ + EveEventsRef_tab.EveShortName + “]”

e.g.(6377) Plants Biabo Cordillera Azul, Inventory - 2000 [RI-2]
e.g. (2294) Exhibit Label - Catalog No. : 125985, Exhibition - 2015 [EX-1921.1: Old China Hall]

Other(s):

Other(s): None

STRUCTURAL CHANGES - Rationale

Reason(s) for Change Request Combined proposal with NMAI

Streamline and standardise the module between institutions. Specific developments for FMNH IMLS Empowered grant.

Status

  • Version *+
  • Funded - Yes (IMLS Empowered)
  • Combined development with NMAI

Details

Functionality updates to better handle:

  • Documenting field inventories
  • Improved web narrative functionality
  • Including statistics
  • Automated handling of age consent from parties module
  • Relabeling tabs and fields for consistency
  • Recording community requested data updates and change requests. (NMAI)

STRUCTURAL CHANGES - Rationale

Reason(s) for Change Request Consolidated phase 1 & 2

Standardise the use of the module to make it more efficient and reflect consolidation of internal processes and workflows. Prepare for newer versions of EMu by not transferring bad data structures and dirty data.

Status

  • Version 5.1
  • Funded - TBD
  • FMNH specific customisation

Details

Lookup Lists

Purpose

  • Column Names Affected: DesPurpose,DesType_tab
  • Lookup Level: 1-2
  • Security: “Locked + Admin”
  • Usage: Tab switching
  • Values:

Level 1: Exhibition Graphic Google Cultural Institute Google Expeditions Interview Social Media

Level 1: Inventory

Level 2: Rapid Inventory Report

Level 1: Transcription

Level 2: Exhibition Label Tag Graphics Text Label

Level 1: Web Narrative

Level 2: Home page About page eevents page enarrative page eparties page esites page etaxonomy page external link form js interactive index interview page Subsection

Level 1: Description

_Level 2_Level 2: Basic Description Economic Botany Full Description General Object Description Original Description Osteology Summary Technical Description Photo Description Physical Description Collection Source Description Sub Description

Level 1: TBD

Level 2: Archaeological Context Correction Document Description Exhibitions Provisional Object List Exhibitions Registration Identification Object History Oral History Sound Recording Theme VSR supplementary

Subjects Keywords

  • Column name(s) Affected: DesSubjects_tab; (emultimedia DetSubject_tab)
  • Lookup Level: 1
  • Security: Locked + Manager Groups
  • Usage: [Shared with emultimedia. See Discussion doc for description]

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