Template for Cataloging Historical Fashion Collections
at Kent State University, based on VRA Core Metadata

Describe a fashion item in the form below, follow the definitions of the categories linked through each element. At the end of the form, choose one of the choices to process your completed form: 1, Obtaining a VRA-Core-based record. 2, Obtaining a draft USMARC-based record. (Please follow the definitions to modify your output.) 3. Obtaining a draft Dublin-Core-based record. (Please follow the definitions to modify your output.) 4. Store the record in the fashion database.

W1.1 Record Type of the resource to be described
Work | Image  
W1.2 Type of the resource to be described
 
W2. Title of the resource to be described + Gender (Suggested Qualifiers)
  Suggested Terms

W3. Measurements of the resource to be described (Suggested Qualifiers)
 
A1. Quantity of the resource to be described
W4. Material.Medium of the resource to be described
  Suggested Terms
W4.1 Material.Support of the resource to be described
  Suggested Terms
W5. Technique of the resource to be described
A2. Color of the resource to be described
 
A3. Structure of the resource to be described
Suggested Terms
W6.1 Creator(designer) of the resource to be described
 
 
W6.2 Creator (manufacturer) of the resource to be described
 
 
W6.3 Creator (craftsperson) of the resource to be described
 
W8. Date of the resource to be described (Suggested qualifiers)
 
W9. Location.Repository name of the resource to be described
 
 
W10. Location.Repository place of the resource to be described
 
 
W11. Location.Current site of the resource to be described
 
W12. Location.Former site of the resource to be described
 
W13. ID Number of the resource to be described (suggested qualifiers)
 
W14. Style/Period of the resource to be described (Suggested Qualifiers)
 
W15. Culture of the resource to be described
 
W16.1 Subject (personal name) of the resource to be described
 
 
W16.2 Subject (corporate name) of the resource to be described
 
W16.3Subject (topical term) of the resource to be described
 
 
W16.4 Subject (index term) of the resource to be described
 
W16.5 Subject (faceted topical term) of the resource to be described
 
 
A4. Related work of the resource to be described
 
W18. Relation of the resource to be described (suggested qualifiers)
 

W19.1 Description (general) of the resource to be described
W19.2 Description (credit line) of the resource to be described
W19.3 Description (immediate source of acquisition) of the resource to be described
W19.4 Description (conservation) of the resource to be described
W19.5 Description (provenance) of the resource to be described
W19.6 Description (citation) of the resource to be described
W19.7 Description (exhibition) of the resource to be described
W19.8 Description (label or tag) of the resource to be described
W20. Source (Address of the image) of the resource to be described
 
W21 Rights
   



© Template designed and coded by Marcia Lei Zeng , Kent State University, 2001.