Manual for the correct use and reading of the Collections attested in colophons section of PAThs database

A detailed technical description of database schema is published at schema/collections.

Ref.: paths.collections

ID

• The unique stable identifier of each Collection. The identifier is a sequential integer provided by the database engine. This field id not available to public.
• DB id: paths__collections.id

CREATOR

• Reference to the user who created the record This field id not available to public.
• DB id: paths__collections.creator

FULL COLLECTION NAME

• Full name of the collection
• DB id: paths__collections.fullname

CMCL NAME

• Name of the collection as found in the CMCL
• DB id: paths__collections.cmclname

COUNTRY

• Country where the collection is preserved
• DB id: paths__collections.country

TOWN

• Town where the collection is preserved
• DB id: paths__collections.town

INSTITUTION

• Institution where the collection is preserved
• DB id: paths__collections.institution

NAME

• Well known name (abbreviation) of the collection
• DB id: paths__collections.name

NOTES

• Descriptive notes for the Collection
• DB id: paths__collections.notes

EDITORS

• Initials of the person(s) responsible for the record.
• DB id: paths__collections.editors

STATUS

• If the record has been fully compiled the status is set to complete; if it is under study the status is set to in-progress. If the status is blank it means that the provided information are incomplete, not reliable and liable to change in the future.
• DB id: paths__collections.status

LAST MODIFIED

• Date of last edit
• DB id: paths__collections.lastmodified

Bibliography

For each Collection multiple instances of the following group of fields can be filed, each one describing a bibliographic reference.

These fields are not part of the places table but of the m_biblio table.

SHORT REFERENCE

• Short reference of the bibliographic item as stored in biblio table
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.short

SPECIFIC DETAILS

• Pages of the publication if not precised in the reference
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.details

DETAILS ABOUT IMAGES

• Pages or figures containing reproductions of (part[s] of) the manuscript
• DB id: paths__m_biblio.images