Vcat
Best Practices:
Continent
The
Continent Table is at the top of the Locations hierarchy, with County one level
down. It is complete. There is no need to add any records.
TGN
button: Opens the
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
Go button: opens the specific record for the
source, if the Ref ID is filled out
| Field
Name |
Local
Usage |
Notes |
| Continent
ID |
Auto-generated |
Primary
key for the continent facet |
| Term
Source |
Pull-down
menu |
Standard
short list of online Authorities |
| Ref
ID |
As
source |
The
identification given to the authority record by the authority source |
| Continent
English Name |
Use
Title Case |
CCO requires the use of English name forms |
| Extent |
Auto-entered,
pull-down menu |
|
| Portal |
Auto-entered,
editable |
Auto-fills
with records from the next tier down in the hierarchy (in this case
Country.) The numbers on the left are the primary keys for the records. |
Continue
to Country