"DISCIPLINE" - Humanities
- Field label
- DISCIPLINE
- Field mnemonic
- DSC
- Field name
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- Discipline
- Discipline
- Field definition
- This field names the discipline or branch of learning under which the object may fall.
- Status
- Strongly recommended for uploading to Artefacts Canada. Required field for uploading to Artefacts Canada for data contributed to Artefacts Canada as part of a CHIN-funded project (e.g. VMC).
- Heading
- INSTITUTION FIELDS
- Comments
- Edits were made to this field in May 2010. Data entry rules were made more precise, and harmonized with those recommended in Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images. By Murtha Baca, Patricia Harpring, Elisa Lanzi, Linda McRae, and Ann Whiteside. Visual Resources Association. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006. Website: http://www.vrafoundation.org/ccoweb/index.htm (accessed 2010-03-05).
- Entry rules
- Multiple entries are allowed. Please use the document “Discipline Authority List proposed for the Humanities (2006) Derived from the Art & Architecture Thesaurus” to enter the name of the discipline under which the object falls.
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- agriculture
- medicine
- social history
- Histoire
- Ethnologie
- Horticulture
- Musicologie
- Authority list
- Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), 2006, Discipline Authority List proposed for the Humanities (Derived from the Art & Architecture Thesaurus).
- Discipline
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- Administration
- Source
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- CHIN
- Field label (French)
- DISCIPLINE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- DSC
Contact information for this web page
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